Episode 6: System of a B

Update: 2021-06-25

Description

We dive into the most sophisticated model of planetary and lunar motions that the Babylonians developed: System A and System B and see how the Babylonians used this method to predict eclipses, the length of months, and even measure the precession of the perihelion.

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In Channel

Episode 1: The Heavens & History

2021-01-2930:32

Episode 2: The Stars over Babylon

2021-02-2845:34

Episode 3: When the Moon Disappears

2021-03-2842:28

Episode 4: The Astronomical Diaries

2021-04-2751:59

Episode 5: A System of Weights & Measures

2021-05-2742:45

Episode 6: System of a B

2021-06-2539:39

Episode 7: Greek Tales of Ancient Nights & Days

2021-07-2453:12

Episode 8: The Bards Sing of the Skies

2021-08-2350:31

Episode 9: Thales, through a Glass Darkly

2021-09-2201:01:04

Episode 10: The Ionian School

2021-10-2052:49

Episode 11: The So-Called Pythagoreans

2021-11-2401:19:43

Episode 12: The Eleatic School & the Way of Truthiness

2021-12-2101:03:42

Episode 13: Ex Uno, Plura

2022-01-2052:05

Episode 14: The Atomic Philosophers

2022-02-1752:52

Episode 15: On Plato's Broad Shoulders

2022-03-2201:09:05

Episode 16: The Homocentric Spheres of Eudoxus

2022-04-1801:00:43

Episode 17: The Attic Calendar and its Discontents

2022-05-1759:38

Episode 18: Aristotle, Plato's Other Student

2022-06-1501:17:58

Episode 19: The Forerunners of Copernicus

2022-07-1301:05:52

Episode 20: The Theory of Epicycles & Deferents

2022-08-1347:28

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Episode 6: System of a B

Joe Antognini

Episode 6: System of a B