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Our Place in the Universe
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
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| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
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The Syllabus
How Significant Are We?
- How Significant Are We (1)
- How Significant Are We (2)
Patterns in Nature
- What Patterns and Events Can We Observe in Nature?
- Are There Connections between Humans and the Heavens?
- Why Do the Sun, the Moon and the Stars Move?
- Astronomy is an Oldest Science
Celestial Bodies: Why Are They There?
- What Can be Learnt from the Sun’s Shadow?
- The Four Special Days of Season Changes
- Why Do the Sunrise and Sunset Positions Change?
Ancient Models of the Universe
- What Are the Shapes of the Earth and the Heaven?
- How Did People Discover that the Earth is Not Flat?
Turning of the Heavens
- The Pole Star
- The Pole of Heaven
A Spherical Earth
- How Can We Define Directions and Specific Locations on Earth?
- Looking at the Earth with a New Perspective: The Spherical Model
The Sun’s Journey through the Stars
- The Sun’s Journey in the Celestial Sphere
- The Zodiac Constellations
- The Stars and the Seasons
- The Ecliptic and the Seasons
- How Do We Tell the Positions of Stars on the Celestial Sphere?
A Two-sphere Universe
- A Two-Sphere Universe Model
- How does the Two-sphere Universe Model Show the Motion of the Sun and Stars?
Special Feature: The Armillary Sphere
- How did the Armillary Sphere Come About?
- How Does the Armillary Sphere Work?
- Making Measurements with the Armillary Sphere
Dance of the Moon
- Dance of the Moon
- Determining the Size and Distance of the Moon
- How Does the Sun Affect the Phases of the Moon?
- Lunar Eclipse
- Two Different Lengths of a Month
The Calendar
- Star Calendar
- Different Calendars of the World
The Five Wanderers and the Seven Luminaries
- The Five Wanderers and the Seven Luminaries
- The Motions of the Planets
- The Stories of the Two Brightest Planets: Venus and Mars
- The Planets in the Grand Scheme of the Universe
The Change in Positions of Stars
- The Uneven Seasons
- Why is the Pole Moving? (1)
- Why is the Pole Moving? (2)
The Language of Mathematics in Astronomy
- Cycles Upon Cycles
- Cosmology According to Aristotle
How Big is the Earth Compared to the Universe?
- The First Measurement of the Size of the Earth
- The First Measurement of the Distance of the Sun
- The First Estimation of the Size of the Universe
The Post Ptolemy World
- The Age of Islamic Science
- Islam and the Awakening of Science in Europe
The Copernicus Revolution
- The Man Who Moved the Earth and Stopped the Sun
- Copernicus’ Sun-centered Universe
The Legacy of Copernicus
- A Milestone in Astronomy - Copernicus’ Heliocentric Model
- Controversies of the Copernican Theory
- What We Learned from Copernicus?