Epicyclic Curves in Astronomy

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Explores the properties of regular polyhedra, their symmetries, generation, and historical misconceptions.

Explores the invention of instruments by artists like Albrecht Dürer to draw complex curves and lines not achievable with a ruler.

Explores central forces, trajectories, acceleration, and conic shapes in physics.

Explores the construction and variants of elliptical curves, including historical stonecutting methods and architectural considerations.

Covers the Kepler Laws, orbital motion, reduced mass, and orbital periods.

Explores geometry basics, 5 regular polyhedra construction, and their link to ancient physics and planets.

Explores the inequality of seasons by examining the Earth's orbit and the causes of the seasons in architecture and gnomonics.

Covers the geometric properties of ellipses, their definitions, and applications in mathematics and astronomy.

Covers gravitation, Kepler's laws, and Newton's law of universal gravitation, emphasizing empirical observations and the scientific method.

Covers the properties and applications of ellipses in astronomy and mathematics, including Kepler's laws and practical construction methods.