Module: Modelle des Kosmos: Modelle des Himmels
Sequence: 1.0. Modelle des Himmels
Branching Point: Models of the Heavens
Sequence: 1.1. 13300_Objektfolge
Slide: Armillary Sphere
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Slide: Herschel’s Planetarium
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Sequence: 2.0. Hauptobjekt_13050_0600_Sendtner_Deep
Slide: The Cosmos as a Mechanism
Slide: The Cosmos as a Mechanism: Sendtner-Planetarium
Slide: Gears of the planetarium
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Sequence: 1.2. Ebene-2 Instrumente
Branching Point: Models of the Heavens. Instruments
Sequence: 1.2.2. Objekt 13300_1864: Armillarsphaere_Deep
Slide: Armillary Sphere
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Sequence: 1.2.1. Objekt 13300_1361: Tellurium_Deep
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Sequence: 1.2.3. Objekt 13300_2728: Herschels Planetarium_Deep
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Sequence: 3.0. Celestia
Slide: The Cosmos as Electronic Simulation
Sequence: 1.3. Ebene_2_buecher
Branching Point: Models of the Heavens. Books and Leaflets
Sequence: 1.3.1. Objekt 13300_1164: Galileis Dialogo_Deep
Slide: Galileo’s Dialogo
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Sequence: 1.3.2. Objekt 13300_1394: Extatischer Himmelspfad_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.3. Objekt 13300_1725: Harmonie des Makrokosmos_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.4. Objekt 13300_1730: Die Welt als Maschine_Deep
Slide: René Descartes (1596–1650)
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Sequence: 1.3.5. Objekt 13300_1778: Kosmogonie (Fludd)_Deep
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Sequence: 1.3.6. Objekt 13300_3236: Kometenschriften_Deep
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Descartes' Vortex Theory

Planets are moved through a vortex of fine matter at the center of which is a sun. The vortices of different planetary systems touch each other.


René Descartes, Prinicipia philosophiae

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