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NDeRC ASTRO Institute. Introduction Discussion Telescope + Optics!. Tuesday July 20th, 2010 Katherine Rueff. Why Astronomy?. Stimulates imagination & interest in Science, Math, Computers, History, Art, and Culture! Powerful framework :
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NDeRC ASTRO Institute • Introduction Discussion • Telescope + Optics! Tuesday July 20th, 2010 Katherine Rueff
Why Astronomy? • Stimulates imagination & interest in Science, Math, Computers, History, Art, and Culture! • Powerful framework: • Physics - Mathematics - Meteorology • Chemistry - Computer Science - Geology • Biology - Engineering - The Arts • Welcoming • Inquiry based • Accessible • Tangible discovery
Astronomers... Famous Historical Astronomers: Ptolemy Nicolaus Copernicus Tycho Brahe Galileo Galilei Johannes Kepler Sir Issac Newton William Herschel (1738-1822) BritishAnnie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) American Karl Schwarzchild(1873-1916) German Bernhard Schmidt (1879-1935) Swedish-born German Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) American Karl Jansky(1905-1950) American Subramanyan Chandrasekhar(1910-1995) Indian-born American Arno A. Penzias (1933-) GermanRobert W. Wilson (1936- ) American Stephen W. Hawking (1942-) British What they gave us: Time, Mirrors, Antennas, Telescopes,