I am looking to persent graphic illustrations, preferably with motion, of
the various solar system models of:
* Plato and Eudoxus - set of spheres proposed as a mathematical tool (not
clear if they really believed that such physical spheres existed.) Could
qualitatively account for planetary retrograde motion.
* Aristotle - really believed that these spheres physically existed. He even
invented a set of counter-moving spheres between the ones that Plato came up
with.
* Ptolemy
* Nicolaus Copernicus - Earth centered, circular orbits
* Tycho Brahe (Earth centered, yet other planets orbit the Sun
* Kepler - Sun centered - orbits are finally recognized to be ellipse!
* Other classical and later models. Perhaps Indian, Egyptian or Babylonian
cosmologies?
* Modern solar system
Although I can easily find static graphics for these models individually, it
has been hard to find video or software that compares some or all of these
systems. Can anyone suggest PC software, PowerPoint presentations with
motion, or websites with video or animations?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Robert