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“Dr. Pogge is amazing lecturer because he's thorough and interesting. I've been an amateur astronomer most of my life and have focused on the question "What is it?" , but these lectures take you beyond that question to questions such as: "What's the historical development of our understanding of the universe?" and "How does it work?"
I've been able to apply what I've learned at a recent starparty. I got up really early one morning around 5am to see Venus very high in the sky. So I immediatley recalled the lecture on "The Wanderers" and asked myself, "If it's so high away from the sun before sunrise, then it must be near some maximum elongation. Then one of my friends was observing Venus in his scope in total 11am daylight. We both wondered if it was at "Western or Eastern elongation." We concluded it was Western Max elongation because Venus rose in the morning. We looked it up in a Ephemeris and sure enough today it's at Max Western Elongation. The same with Mars-- we concluded since it rose at midnight it must be near Western quadrature. These simple observations help me to know where the orbits are relative to the earth without any computations. He encourages you to ask questions and observe the daily phenomena around you just as people have done for 1000's of years. Sadly, in our technological society we've really lost that interest in making observations such as this.
Finally, as you can see, this is just the surface of what you can learn in this class to expand your mind about the universe around you. I recommend these lectures to everyone to listen on the way to work and going home. It will be good use of time.
Mark”Read full review »
PawnMower via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/15/07
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“Dr. Pogge is extraordinarily knowledgeable, enjoyable, informative, and is very respectful of his students and the larger podcast audience. Also, and as important as anything else: his audio is unfailingly excellent.
I've listened to all of his casts and have enjoyed every minute.”Read full review »
JimFromKingwood via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/11/10
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“Look, this guy is a typical scientist type (and rightly so) but things make sense even without the visuals that the lecture obviously contains. Simply said, he makes the potentially complex seem within reach of the regular person. That is the sign of an alert audio podcaster. 162 and 141 series...”Read full review »
meGsyMoo5644 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
01/25/10
“Prof Pogge loves teaching astronomy, and he does a fine job of taking listeners on an introductory tour of the solar system. He also covers the various supporting ideas you need to know, without plunging you into any heavy maths, along with something of the history of the subject. And he manages...”Read full review »
Scrutineer via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/08/07
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