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Perspective Sky: A New Architectural Typology For Astronomy, Brendan Lydic
Perspective Sky: A New Architectural Typology For Astronomy, Brendan Lydic
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
This thesis aims to reconnect modern humans to the night sky and the universe around us. A connection that has been lost to a multitude of barriers and distractions. Physical barriers like air and light pollution, and distractions like technology and overwhelming world events. I aim to restore this connection by creating a new architectural typology for the observation of and education about the night sky, the cosmos, and astronomy. It will serve as a site of pilgrimage, where visitors of all ages can re-engage with the stars and reintroduce themselves to the perspective of our ancestors. The questions I …
The Ptolemaic System: A Detailed Synopsis, John Cramer Dr.
The Ptolemaic System: A Detailed Synopsis, John Cramer Dr.
Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research
The Ptolemaic System, constructed by Claudius Ptolemeus (the Latin form of his name), was the most influential of all Earth centered cosmological systems. His ingenious and creative work is primarily recorded in his book The Mathematical Systematic Treatise which the Arabs characterized as “the greatest” and, in so doing, gave the book its most used name, Almagest.