Episode 9: Thales, through a Glass Darkly

Update: 2021-09-22

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Thales was the first of the Greek astronomers and became known as one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Over the centuries many astronomical discoveries were attributed to him, but what was the reality and what was the hyperbole?

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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 9: Thales, through a Glass Darkly

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Episode 9: Thales, through a Glass Darkly

Joe Antognini

Episode 9: Thales, through a Glass Darkly