THE UNIVERSE IN A SPREADSHEET
Modeling the World Around Us
Michael Round
Center for autoSocratic Excellence
Spiral Galaxies. Black Holes. The Big Bang. The Orbital Motion of the Moon about the Earth. Einstein. The Aurora Borealis. The Astronomy of Easter. Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion. Calibrating the Calendar.
Many people use the spreadsheet as an accounting tool, inputting data, updating accounts, etc. What else can be done in the spreadsheet?
This brief presentation will look at these astronomical concepts visually in the simple spreadsheet, and in the process of developing the models, not only answer questions, but raise many more.
SPREADSHEETS
(Click to open the spreadsheets - XP & Vista Compatible)
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Planetary Motion |
Strange Attractors | The Moon and the Earth |
The Ellipse |
Easter | Prime Spirals |
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