The Importance: The History Of Astronomy Is Important

Introduction

I feel that the History of Astronomy is important because it has allowed the astronomers of present be able to not only learn from their past but also have a greater appreciation for the science of present. The reasons being, that students and astronomers now have the ability to learn from past discoveries and ideas, which allow the knowledge of today to have more relevance and meaning. Because of this history we have a much more appreciation for the work of brilliant minds of our scientific history.

A greater appreciation

I believe that truly understand the history is very important because it helps us see not only see what life was like in the times of Galileo and Johannes Kepler but, when learning about the accomplishments they made, have an astronomical appreciation for them as well. What they have discovered and what they have still created, helps college students today have a

These actually stand for ante meridiem and post meridiem. Which because of our appreciation for the history have a greater affect on every single person now in our time. When we study about the constellations, an example would be, “Andromeda, the chained maiden of Greek mythology or Perseus, the demi-god who saved her.” (Rosenburg, 2012) This is in my mind, a perfect example of why the history important because to some people these are just names but to us we truly understand that these are quite significant because of history. Also, According to David Leverington, “Astronomy is the oldest and most fundamental science. It attempts to explain not only what the Universe is today and how it works, but also how it started, how it evolved to the present day and how it will develop in the future.” (Leverington, 1995) Without the appreciation for the history of astronomy I believe that we would not have advancement in technology to help further our scientific