Spring 2023 Seminar Series: Phil Metzger
Florida Space Institute 12354 Research Parkway, Partnership 1, Suite 214, Room 209, Orlando, FL, United StatesThe Great Depression Of Planetary Science (1910 To 1955) And Astronomy's Loss Of The Copernican Planet Concept This talk will report on a 5-year study of the historical literature from Galileo until today regarding the concept of a planet. Bibliometrics show that scientific productivity in astronomy grew exponentially from at least 1700 until the present …