Presented By: Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory
Hipparchus’s Ancient Star Catalogs
Join the Detroit Observatory for a special talk on the ancient star catalogs of Hipparchus. Professor Francesca Schironi will guide us through her amazing research on the history of the Greek astronomer Hipparchus (c. 190-c. 120 BC) and how his work was passed on through the centuries to shape our maps of the night sky.
Francesca Schironi is a professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. She earned her PhD at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. Before joining U-M in 2010, she was an associate professor at Harvard University. She is the author of The Best of the Grammarians Aristarchus of Samothrace (University of Michigan Press, 2018).
Francesca Schironi is a professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. She earned her PhD at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. Before joining U-M in 2010, she was an associate professor at Harvard University. She is the author of The Best of the Grammarians Aristarchus of Samothrace (University of Michigan Press, 2018).
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