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古代天文學對人類發展史的影響
The effects of ancient astronomy on the history of human development
主講人:郭新教授* 加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞大學
Speaker: Prof. Sun Kwok (University of British Columbia, Canada)
自文明開始以來,我們的祖先一直在仔細觀察天空。他們知道太陽,月亮,行星和恆星有規律的運動,但它們的運動形式非常複雜。在西元前五百年,古代天文學家已知道地球是圓的,並且了解月相的原因。 2000多年前,希臘天文學家可以準確地確定地球和月球的大小以及月球和地球間的距離。
古希臘人創造了一個複雜的宇宙模型,可以預測一年中任何一天,地球上任何地方的日出和日落時間和方向。他們也可以預測未來幾百年後行星的位置。這個宇宙模型後來被納入宗教體系,主導歐洲思想超過1000年。直到16世紀,一個無名的神職人員才提出一個摧毀了歐洲教會和君權哲學基礎的新宇宙論。
Since the beginning of civilization, our ancestors have been careful observers of the heavens. They knew that the Sun, the Moon and the stars have regular, repeating motions, but their patterns of motions are complicated. By 500 B.C., ancient astronomers knew that the Earth was round, and understood the cause of the phases of the Moon. More than 2000 years ago, the Greek astronomers could accurately determine the sizes of the Earth and Moon, and the distance to the Moon.
The ancient Greeks created a sophisticated model of the cosmos which can predict the times and directions of sunrise and sunset on any day of the year, at any place on Earth. They could also predict the positions of planets hundreds of years into the future. This system of cosmology was later integrated into the Christian theology that dominated European thinking for over 1000 years. It was not until that 16th century that an obscure clergyman developed a new cosmological theory that destroyed the philosophical foundation of European system of church and state.
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*簡歷:
郭教授現任加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞大學榮譽教授。他曾擔任香港大學理學院院長及太空科學講座教授,台灣中央研究院天文及天體物理研究所所長暨特聘研究員,加拿大卡加里大學物理及天文學系教授。 2015年至2018年間,他擔任國際天文聯合會太空生物學委員會主席。
About the speaker:
Prof. Kwok is currently Honorary Professor of the University of British Columbia. He previously served as Dean of Science and Chair Professor of Space Science at the University of Hong Kong, Director and Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Between 2015 and 2018, he was President of the International Astronomical Union Commission on Astrobiology.
主要著作:
- The Origin and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae(劍橋大學出版社,2000)
- Cosmic Butterflies(劍橋大學出版社,2001)
- Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium (University Science Books, 2007)
- Organic Matter in the Universe (Wiley, 2011)
- Stardust: the cosmic seeds of life (Springer, 2013)
- Our Place in the Universe,書兩冊分別於2017年及2021年由 Springer 出版
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日期: 2026/03/27 (五)
時間: 19:30 開始
地點:
國立臺灣師範大學(公館分部) 教學研究大樓 S101講堂
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