Many Greek scientific fields were born out of simple questions.  Optics was one such field, which was not so much the study of light, but an attempt to answer the question, "How do we see?".  This episode takes in the development of Optics over the course of around 500 years from its inception to the work of Ptolemy in the 2nd century A.D.  <a rel="payment" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/completehistoryofscience">Support the show</a>Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/completehistoryofscience Contact: thecompletehistoryofscience@gmail.com BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/gethinrichards.bsky.social Music Credit: Folk Round Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Many Greek scientific fields were born out of simple questions. Optics was one such field, which was not so much the study of light, but an attempt to answer the question, "How do we see?". This episode takes in the development of Optics over the course of around 500 years from its inception to the work of Ptolemy in the 2nd century A.D. Support the show Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/completehistoryofscience Contact: thecompletehistoryofscience@gmail.com BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/gethinrichards.bsky.social Music Credit: Folk Round Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Many Greek scientific fields were born out of simple questions.&nbsp; Optics was one such field, which was not so much the study of light, but an attempt to answer the question, "How do we see?".&nbsp; This episode takes in the development of Optics over the course of around 500 years from its inception to the work of Ptolemy in the 2nd century A.D.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/completehistoryofscience" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/completehistoryofscience Contact: thecompletehistoryofscience@gmail.com BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/gethinrichards.bsky.social Music Credit: Folk Round Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

The Origins and Development of Optics

A podcast exploring the history of science from the beginning.&nbsp; We will cover all of the most important scientific discoveries from Archimedes to Newton to Einstein.&nbsp; The aim is to give a complete overview of how science evolved and how it shaped the modern world. Support the show and keep it going:&nbsp;https://buymeacoffee.com/completehistoryofscience Follow me on BlueSky for updates:&nbsp;https://bsky.app/profile/gethinrichards.bsky.social YouTube:https://youtube.com/@thecompletehistoryofscience Music credit:Folk Round Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Photo credit: "L0015096EB" by Wellcome Library, London is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Image has been cropped.

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A podcast exploring the history of science from the beginning.  We will cover all of the most important scientific discoveries from Archimedes to Newton to Einstein.  The aim is to give a complete overview of how science evolved and how it shaped the modern world. Support the show and keep it going:  https://buymeacoffee.com/completehistoryofscience Follow me on BlueSky for updates:  https://bsky.app/profile/gethinrichards.bsky.social YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thecompletehistoryofscience Music credit:Folk Round Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Photo credit: "L0015096EB" by Wellcome Library, London is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Image has been cropped.

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