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Explores modeling instruments for generating plane epicyclic curves, including circles and ellipses, and their spatial counterparts.
Elliptical Curves: Construction and Variants
Explores the construction and variants of elliptical curves, including historical stonecutting methods and architectural considerations.
Conic Sections & Gnomonics
Explores the historical use of conic sections and gnomonics in ancient sundials and astronomical instruments.
Space Travel: Time Dilation
Explores time dilation effects in different reference frames and calculates spaceship speed.
Gravitational Waves: Detection and Analysis
Delves into the detection and analysis of gravitational waves through practical exercises and discussions on black hole mergers and wave speed measurement.
Ancient Astronomical Models: Spheres to Ellipses
Explores the transition from ancient spherical models to Kepler's ellipses in astronomy.
Regular Polyhedra: Symmetries & Generation
Explores the properties of regular polyhedra, their symmetries, generation, and historical misconceptions.
Ellipses and Conics
Explores ellipses, conic sections, Kepler's laws, and geometric reconstruction in architectural modeling.
Platonic Solids: Misinterpretations and Correspondences
Explores misinterpretations of Platonic solids and their correspondence with elements, emphasizing the importance of rigor in mathematical integration into architectural culture.
Extrinsic Variable Stars
Covers extrinsic stellar variability, the history of double stars, microlensing, and extrasolar planet detection.