2 papers
physics.hist-ph2006
The Accuracy of Galileo's Observations and the Early Search for Stellar Parallax
Christopher M. Graney
The question of annual stellar parallax is usually viewed as having been a "win-win situation" for seventeenth-century astronomers who subscribed to the Copernican view of universe…
physics.hist-ph2006
Galileo's Double Star: The Experiment That "Proved" the Earth Did Not Move
Christopher M. Graney
Great opportunities arise for teaching physics, astronomy, and their histories when new discoveries are made that involve concepts accessible to students at every level. Such an op…