古人对宇宙的探索英文.ppt

The Ancient People’s Exploration of the Space古人对太空的探索 Jia Hong-li (一)古代中国篇 The Part of the Ancient China (1)The Part of Mythology Pangu Epoch-making （盘古开天辟地） The first thinking of the ancient Chinese people about the causes of the formation of the heaven and the earth The ancient Chinese people saw the light and dark alternated shadow on the moon The Flight of Chang‘e to the Moon（嫦娥偷药奔月） The ancient Chinese people knew the distribution of the sun, the moon and billions of stars Nvwa Mending the Sky (女蜗炼石补天) Quaff Pursuing the Sun(夸父持杖逐日) The ancient Chinese people knew the sun rises in the east and down in the west, that’s the yearning for the bright and lightness (2)The Part of Technology What efforts did the ancient Chinese people do in order to know more about the space? Kite: this can be said as the first important tool about the astronomy created by the ancient Chinese people. The first kite emerged early in the Han Dynasty or even early than that. Zhangheng the moon itself doesn’t shine, but to reflect the light of the sun. correctly explained the cause of the eclipse realized the relationship between the unlimitedness of the universe and the speed of the movement of the planets and their distance to the earth. observed and recorded 2500 stars. created celestial globe(浑天仪)，seismograph(地震仪) and so on. Zu Chongzhi Most of his achievements in the astronomy and calendar were included in his book Da Ming Li. （二）The Part of the Ancient Foreign Countries Nicolaus Copernicus哥白尼 The Polish astronomer: Copernicus pointed out the sun is the centre of the universe ， the earth and other planets go round it. The famous Copernicus‘s heliocentric theory waked the ignorant people and broke the religious darkness and ignorance ， laid the foundation of the further exploration of the universe. Johannes Kepler 开普勒 （1571-1630） The German astrophysicist: Kepler He believed and elaborated logically the Copernicuss heliocentric t