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  • L4 - One planet, one sky, one people

    One planet, one sky, one people

    Date: 30.1.2024, 14:15 - 16:00
    Location: TU1 Saab Auditorium (Maarintie 8, Otaniemi)
    Teacher: Anne Lähteenmäki

    Learning outcomes of the week

    After this week, you should be able to:

    • Appreciate why the sky and the phenomena that happens up there has had such an enormous impact on the humankind and its development.
    • Understand why astronomy has been  -and is! - needed, and to list examples of how it can be used in everyday life.
    • Describe the basic concepts of time measurement and calendars.
    • Consider answers to fundamental questions such as where do we come from and where are we.
    • Be familiar with how ancient cultures exercised astronomy (to be continued in the following lectures).

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