Discover the instrument that has remained at the cutting edge of technology for over 1000 years!
The astrolabe is an embodiment of Greek science. Perfected by the Arabs, it was rediscovered in Europe at the end of the Middle Ages.
It is called the tool with a thousand functions: from determining the time of rising or setting of a star (including the Sun) to calculating the height of a wall, it could do everything.
Everyone makes and leaves with their own astrolabe.
Duration of the activity:
4 hours
Materials:
Mathematics, History, Physics
Level:
All levels
Key messages:
- Reflection on the projection of the sphere on the plane
- Passage of knowledge from the Greeks to the Europeans via the Arabs