The 'jacobean space programme': Rediscovering bishop John Wilkins
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
The seventeenth century saw unprecedented changes in our understanding of the universe, spurred on by the invention of the telescope and the opportunity to study stars and planets in detail for the first time. Figures like Galileo are famous for their work not just in astronomy but in scientific experiments of many kinds that challenged established ideas and helped lead to the final demise of an Earth-centered view of the cosmos.