"For most of the history of humankind, going back to Stone Age, the sky has served as a tool. [...] The regularity of the motions of celestial objects enabled them to orient themselves in time and space. [...] From the sky they gained -- and we, their descendents, have inherited -- a profound sense of cyclic time, of order and symmetry, and of the predictability of nature. In this awareness lie not only the foundations of science, but our view of the universe and our place in it." -Dr Edwin C Krupp Echoes of the Ancient Skies, 1983 I was booked to attend the press preview of Grant Wakefield's documentary Ancient Skies at the Winchester Science Centre on 2 September 2014. Due to work commitments ... Read More
"For most of the history of humankind, going back to Stone Age, the sky has served as a tool. [...] The regularity of the motions of celestial objects enabled them to orient themselves in time and space. [...] From the sky they gained -- and ... Read More