First Description of Discrete Stars Composing the Milk Way in Thomas Watson's Hekatompathia (1582)

Details First Description of Discrete Stars Composing the Milk Way in Thomas Watson's Hekatompathia (1582) First Description of Discrete Stars Composing the Milk Way in Thomas Watson's Hekatompathia (1582)

2003-05-04

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0305010v1

Physics

History and Philosophy of Physics

Scientific paper

We note that the first unambiguous description of the Milk Way as being
composed of a large number of discrete stars is in Sonnet 31 of Thomas Watson's
(d 1592) Hekatompathia (1582), nearly 30 years before Galileo's description. We
discuss implications of this early description.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

First Description of Discrete Stars Composing the Milk Way in Thomas Watson's Hekatompathia (1582) does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with First Description of Discrete Stars Composing the Milk Way in Thomas Watson's Hekatompathia (1582), we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and First Description of Discrete Stars Composing the Milk Way in Thomas Watson's Hekatompathia (1582) will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-329837