Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on ...

In the chaotic aftermath of Mongol expansion in the mid-13th century which had left the Abbasid capital of Baghdad in ruin, a new centre of learning soon came to the forefront. Ironically it was the ...

Copernicus would spend the rest of his life working to develop the heliocentric theory. He spent his last few years on Earth writing “De revolutionibus orbium coelestium” (On the Revolutions ...

The film explores the concept of gravitation, tracing its historical understanding from ancient civilizations to modern physics. It discusses how early thinkers like the Egyptians and Greeks perceived ...

1. The accidental discovery of X in 1964 — even though its existence had been predicted in 1948 — set off a series of ...

The 25th ET Awards for Corporate Excellence featured a special address by Mrs Meera Jain. She highlighted the pressing need ...

However, the scientific consensus began to change in the 1500s. Nicolaus Copernicus developed a heliocentric model, backing up his argument with astronomical observations—and predictions that ...

By T.J. Ray Columnist Since we call oranges orange, why don’t we call lemons yellows and apples reds? Future shock occurs when you are confronted by the fact that the world you were educated to ...