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Episode 1: The Heavens & History

The Song of Urania

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The History of Astronomy

There's an analogy I quite like due to Professor Lawrence Pinchape. Suppose that one day an American decides he wants to see more of the world and decides to go visit Japan. And after landing in Tokyo, he starts to wander around the city and take in its sights. Eventually, he gets hungry and after searching for food for a while, he stumbles across the McDonald's. To his delight, he finds that this McDonald's serves big max and they taste just as good as the ones at home. While the next day he continues his trip seeing the sights of the city, and again he gets hungry so he goes off in search of another McDonald's. And it takes him

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