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You are welcome to listen in as I "explain things scientific". I have had great fun with lasers, robots and absorbing Quantum Physics. Now as a classroom teacher, laid low by heart surgery its time t... more
FAQs about Peter Hill Explains:How many episodes does Peter Hill Explains have?The podcast currently has 1,881 episodes available.
June 09, 2020Andreas Vesalius -WikipeadiaWe hear a more balanced, less sensational account of the great Disector. We learn that the popular popularization in coffee table sweeping sagas that overlaps with what is taught in school is infact unethical and disrespectful to the students in our education system's care. So Andie was aiming to escape the turmoil by landing a secure possition with the Emporer. He figured out that Galen who was forbidden to dissect humans, had made predictable mistakes from dissecting monkeys instead. In fact in order to short circuit the whole debate he did parallel dissections of humans and animals. This ineffect let the dead have the last say by not being able to be bullied into falsehood. Listening to this podcast directly after the guff of the last is rather profound I would think. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
June 09, 2020GalileoCoffee table book of "Great Scientists", toes the science teacher's party line about Galileo. The whole description really does not connect with the colour and weirdness of the Renaisance. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
June 09, 2020Andreas VesaliusYet another story told in the style of everything leads to the self assured science communicator that has the knack of making the complex simple. Truely News of the World sensationalism from the Renaisance in want of scholarship here. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
June 09, 2020Nicolaus Copernicus - Standford 3It is totally awesome that the leading astronomers, still produced geocentric textbooks but taught the heliocentric model to theirown classes. Truely nothing has changed. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
June 08, 2020Yellow Duck VisitsYellow Duck was couriered to a South Australian primary school teacher. Showing YD the city, they paid a visit to April Apricot. This was a significant small beginning. This podcast describes the larger vision. April intends to write an ebook on share trading, a small begining. The intricate network of Authorities, Groups and the Instititue is described. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
June 07, 2020Nicolaus Copernicus - Standford 2Well this is interesting. He didn't publish because non of the local publishers were up to much. The whole church stuff is really ignorant gutter press. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
June 07, 2020Nicolaus Copernicus - Standford 1Well what a difference academic rigour makes. Ptolemy was reengineer to work by the Arabs astronomers, who said it was a junk idea. Also astrology was a key part of late medievil medicine completely turning the views on NikkiC upside down. He was more German than Polish, and printing was all about the more advanced German book products. Will read the rest tomorrow MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
June 06, 2020Nicolaus CopernicusIt is interesting how my slow buildup of background knowledge means I have insight into the desperate school science propaganda peddled in the back stories of this rather enchanting priest. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
June 06, 2020Dark Ages Arab Scientists and LeonardoThe key objectives is to get your book past publishers, and publishers know there is money in reinforcing misconceptions. Thus it is no surprise here that the Dark Ages roots of Science that would demand reinterpretation of how we tell the story of science is overlooked. This really is an exercise is feel good conjecture. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
June 04, 2020Euclid and ArchemediesThe authors of this are from the triump school of Science, who no doubt struggle to understand why humans choose comfort over science everytime. Euclid, there are some big claims in the background here and it would be ashame to wind them back. Archemedies want to be remembered for being a theoretician is an interesting Theory in want of facts. TIWOF. MP4 recording MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element....more0minPlay
FAQs about Peter Hill Explains:How many episodes does Peter Hill Explains have?The podcast currently has 1,881 episodes available.