September 1 – 3, 2023 Venue: Volkskundemuseum Wien Livestream Videoshttps://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/ Programmehttps://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/phw-conferences/
Why do globes show the constellations the wrong way round?
by Doris Vickers (Vienna) My hometown Vienna houses a lot of museums filled with famous artworks from several centuries and a myriad of artists. Vienna is also home to a very special museum – the Globe Museum. It holds almost 600 exhibits including both terrestrial and celestial globes, globes of other planets and astronomical instruments…
When were Kepler’s laws accepted?
by Doris Vickers (Vienna) It is a Copernicus year. We celebrate his 550th anniversary of birth and 480th anniversary of death this year and this alone would be reason enough to write a blog post. However, it is not his theory that my thesis is concerned with, but the theory that suggested he was right….