Podcasts about ulugh beg

Ulugh Beg was a poor politician and warrior. Just a year after becoming leader of the central Asian kingdom of Transoxiana, he was deposed by his son – then beheaded. Yet he was one of the top scientists and educators of his time. He built a school and observatory at the capital city of Samarkand. Astronomers there made highly accurate measurements of the heavens – two centuries before the invention of the telescope. Construction of the observatory began in 1420, and was completed a few years later. The complex consisted of a tall, round building that housed a variety of instruments. The main one was a quadrant – a quarter of a circle. It was the largest one ever built – 130 feet from center to rim. Its base was carved into a hillside, making it highly stable. And it was aligned with the meridian – the north-south line that passes directly overhead. Astronomers used precise markings on the instrument to measure the positions of the Moon, Sun, planets, and stars. From those observations, they determined the length of a year to within a minute of the modern value. They calculated the tilt of Earth’s axis. And they published the first major star catalog in 1600 years. The observatory was destroyed soon after Ulugh Beg was killed. It was rediscovered in 1908 – a long-forgotten astronomical treasure. Script by Damond Benningfield

The lion springs high across the sky on spring evenings. Leo is led by Regulus, one of the brighter stars in the night sky. It represents the lion’s heart or one of his front paws. And it really is an impressive star – bigger, brighter, and heavier than the Sun. The star at the lion’s tail is no slouch, either. Denebola also is bigger, brighter, and heavier than the Sun. It spins much faster than the Sun – so fast that it bulges outward at the equator. And it’s billions of years younger than the Sun. Because of its greater mass, though, it will live a much shorter life than the Sun will. Regulus and Denebola both played important roles in the skylore of ancient cultures. In Persia, for example, Regulus was one of the “guardians of heaven” – four bright stars along the Sun’s path across the sky. Each guardian was thought to reign over its own quadrant of the sky. Denebola served as a calendar marker. Ulugh Beg, a 15th-century astronomer and mathematician, called the star Al Sarfah – “the changer.” The name indicated that the weather changed as the star moved across the sky. It first appeared in the dawn sky around the middle of September, as the summer heat abated – a change in seasons pulled along by the tail of the lion. Denebola stands a third of the way up the eastern sky as night falls, well to the lower left of the lion’s bright heart. We’ll talk about a star in the lion’s head tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield

Esto es HistoCast. No es Esparta pero casi. Regresamos a Asia Central para continuar con su Historia y un periodo de esplendor cultural y científico paralelo al europeo. Y nos lo trae, quién si no, @fran__olmos, acompañado por @Educo_gratis y @goyix_salduero.Secciones Historia: - Introducción - 10:15 - Muerte de Tamerlán y guerra civil - 14:26 - Primer Renacimiento - 43:11 - Segunda guerra civil - 1:15:59 - La restauración de Abu Said - 1:41:31 - Segundo Renacimiento - 2:11:47 - Babur y los uzbekos - 2:28:44 - Bibliografía - 3:02:51

Der Timuridenfürst Ulugh Beg (1394-1449) übernahm den Thron in Samarkand, heute Usbekistan, von seinem Großvater. Doch statt wie dieser als gefürchteter Herrscher andere Reiche zu erobern, zog er die Wissenschaft vor: Als Astronom und Mathematiker leistete er in seinem Observatorium Erstaunliches - lange vor Erfindung des Teleskops. Von Julia Smilga

Ulugh Beg führte im Auftrag seines Vaters die Verwaltung von Westturkestan. Er begeisterte sich vor allem für Mathematik und Astronomie und errichtete dort vor 600 Jahren die wohl beste Sternwarte seiner Zeit. Lorenzen, Dirk www.deutschlandfunk.de, Sternzeit

- El grupo Astrofem nos comenta dos actividades recientes, un curso de Astrofotografía en el observatorio de Aras de los Olmos y una charla en Chiclana. - Reliquias de la Astronomía 3: El observatorio de Ulugh Beg en Samarkanda - Últimas borrascas que han azotado el sur de España - Premio de astrofotografía a Luis María Moguer - Actividades de la agrupación con el Ateneo de Jerez - Solución al chascarrillo

u seiner Zeit war Ulugh Beg einer der führenden Astronomen. Seine Sternwarte in Samarkand war einzigartig. Trotzden kennt man ihm kaum. Was ein Fehler ist, wie ihr in der neuen Folge der Sternengeschichten hören könnt. Wer den Podcast finanziell unterstützen möchte, kann das hier tun: Mit PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/florianfreistetter), Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/sternengeschichten) oder Steady (https://steadyhq.com/sternengeschichten)

Ulugh Beg was the Astronomer King of Samarkand, who in one of the richest cities of the Silk Road, built a madrassa and observatory to chart the stars. Wonderful astronomer. Not much of a king. His madrassa though stands on, one of the three grand buildings of the Registan square. Scott Chesworth of the Ancient World and Nadeem Ahmad of Eran ud Turan both visited Uzbekistan just before the pandemic, and they join us with tales of gorgeous tilework, empty museums, and more plov (Uzbek rice pilaf) than you can imagine. Bradley, Chris. The Silk RoadCarter, Jamie. “The Tragic Story Of The Man Who Unlocked The Universe” in ForbesIbbotson, Sophie. Uzbekistan : the Bradt travel guideKrisciunas, Kevin. "Ulugh Beg's Zij," in H. B. Paksoy, ed., Central Asian Monuments. Manz, Beatrice Forbes. Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid IranWaugh, Daniel C. “Ulugh Beg and His Observatory” in Silk Road Seattle Photograph by Euyasik, @Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

420% growth in the number of higher education institutions in 3 decades. Which country are we talking about? We bet Kyrgyzstan is not the one that comes to your mind first. Yet, like some other post-soviet Central Asian states, Kyrgyz Republic saw a dramatic spike in the number of HE institutions opening across the country as its government was faced with the challenges of establishing not only its Education system – but the very country itself. But does more institutions mean better education opportunities? And what does it actually mean to be a good university and to produce a qualified graduate? Our talk is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oNEwTwKc0X0 Shedding light on and unpacking these & some other dilemmas for us is Emma Sabzalieva, an International Higher Education researcher based in Canada, where she is pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto. Emma has a rich professional & academic background on the topic: she has worked in consulting and administrative positions with the governments and universities both in Central Asia and the West, and authored multiple academic pieces. One of my favourite ones is on the challenges of creating a world-class univeristy beyond the West, the established global core of higher education. She also has an amazing blog where she's been gathering information – news pieces, academic research and her own notes and survey results on education & societal issues in Central Asia. Before visiting it, for instance, I had no idea just how many Indian students there are in Kyrgyzstan; that Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan has noticeably higher female participation rates in HE than anywhere else in the country; and how rankings are playing such a growingly important role for universities in Kazakhstan that we see manipulation of information for image-boosting. In our talk, we've managed to cover a range ot topics, so expect to hear about • the challenges of privatisation in HE during the transition from the command to market economies; • the prospects for intra-regional student and faculty exchange; • the likelihood of any shared qualification standards; and more – all topped with insights into just how different status quo is in each of the 5 Central Asian Stans. Key takeaway? Higher education landscape in Central Asia is a complex one, with deep historic roots. Only once you start digging under the many layers of history, you will just how much human knowledge was generated here: many forget that it gave the world many great scientists and people of knowledge, including Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the key person behind the Medical Encyclopaedia that was used in Europe centuries after his death, and Timur's grandson Ulugh Beg, great patron of astronomy and a mathematician himself. Nowadays, it is also a region where countries will probably be having growingly more diverging characteristics, which will require case-by-case investigations and careful use of overarching terms – like "Central Asia" itself.

**420% growth in the number of higher education institutions in 3 decades. Which country are we talking about?** We bet Kyrgyzstan is not the one that comes to your mind first. Yet, like some other post-soviet Central Asian states, Kyrgyz Republic saw a dramatic spike in the number of HE institutions opening across the country as its government was faced with the challenges of establishing not only its Education system – but the very country itself. *But does more institutions mean better education opportunities?* *And what does it actually mean to be a good university and to produce a qualified graduate?*  *Our talk is also available on YouTube*: [*https://youtu.be/oNEwTwKc0X0*](http://https://youtu.be/oNEwTwKc0X0) Shedding light on and unpacking these & some other dilemmas for us is **Emma Sabzalieva, an International Higher Education researcher based in Canada**, where she is pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto. Emma has a rich professional & academic background on the topic: she has worked in consulting and administrative positions with the governments and universities both in Central Asia and the West, and authored multiple academic pieces. One of my favourite ones is [on the challenges of creating a world-class univeristy beyond the West](http://https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21568235.2017.1292856), the established global core of higher education. She also has **an amazing blog** where she's been gathering information – news pieces, academic research and her own notes and survey results on education & societal issues in Central Asia. Before visiting it, for instance, I had no idea [just how many Indian students there are in Kyrgyzstan](http://https://emmasabzalieva.com/2019/07/01/international-students-in-kyrgyzstan/); that Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan has [noticeably higher female participation rates in HE](http://https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20160707140807406) than anywhere else in the country; and how rankings are playing such a growingly important role for universities in Kazakhstan that we see [manipulation of information for image-boosting](http://https://emmasabzalieva.com/2020/06/11/fighting-fake-news-in-kazakhstan/). In our talk, we've managed to cover a range ot topics, so expect to hear about • the challenges of privatisation in HE during the transition from the command to market economies; • the prospects for intra-regional student and faculty exchange; • the likelihood of any shared qualification standards; and more – all topped with insights into just how different status quo is in each of the 5 Central Asian Stans. *Key takeaway?* Higher education landscape in Central Asia is a complex one, with deep historic roots. Only once you start digging under the many layers of history, you will just how much human knowledge was generated here: many forget that it gave the world many great scientists and people of knowledge, including Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the key person behind the Medical Encyclopaedia that was used in Europe centuries after his death, and Timur's grandson Ulugh Beg, great patron of astronomy and a mathematician himself. Nowadays, it is also a region where countries will probably be having growingly more diverging characteristics, which will require case-by-case investigations and careful use of overarching terms – like "Central Asia" itself.  

Back in June, I attended the red carpet premiere for the short movie about Ulugh Beg, and had a chance to talk to some of the people involved. For complete show notes, go to my website.

It's a BEHIND THE LENS that's out of this world thanks to former astronaut and "Global Space Statesman" BUZZ ALDRIN, writer/director MICHAEL GRODNER, and writers/directors/actors DAVID ZELLNER and NATHAN ZELLNER as we look to the stars, the world of punk rock, and a wild western! First up we take a peek into the stars and space exploration with our pre-recorded interview with BUZZ ALDRIN. A sit-down exclusive that preceded film critic debbie elias moderating an intimate Q&A with Buzz on June 21 for the premiere of THE MAN WHO UNLOCKED THE UNIVERSE (a fascinating documentary on Ulugh Beg whose interest and work in astronomy pre-dated that of Galileo by 150 years and set the stage for much of what has come since in our journey to the stars), take a listen as Buzz talks about his latest endeavor, The Human SpaceFlight Institute, and his thoughts on our trajectory to Mars. Then writer/director MICHAEL GRODNER joins BTLRadioShow to talk about his feature directorial debut, THE ICARUS LINE MUST DIE. A renowned director of music videos and creator of DirectyLaundry.TV, Michael continues his longtime love of music and exploration of the visual medium with this narrative feature co-written and starring JOE CARDAMONE, longtime frontman of punk band The Icarus Line. From a true black and white visual palette to non-actors to the affability of Cardamone and the ease and relatability of the story, Michael goes in-depth into the making of ICARUS with a refreshing candor and energy. And then sit back and take a listen to our exclusive interview with filmmakers DAVID ZELLNER and NATHAN ZELLNER as hilarity ensues talking the wild, wacky, and wonderful revisionist western DAMSEL. Co-directors, co-writers and two of the film's stars, the brothers extraordinaire cover everything from their love of classic westerns (and Budd Boetticher) to location shooting to story to miniature horses, chickens, colors, rowboats and coastlines (in a western, yes!), to directing and acting at the same time, and more. The follow-up to their award-winning indie darling "Kumiko The Treasure Hunter", David and Nathan are an effervescent delight! http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects from the British Museum in London is this week exploring powerful empires around the world in the 14th and 15th centuries. Today he is with a handsome jade cup that once belonged to one of the great leaders of the Timurid Empire - the great power that stretched across Central Asia, from Iran to parts of India. The owner of the cup was Ulugh Beg, the man who built the great observatory in his capital Samakand and who - like Galileo and Copernicus - has a crater on the moon named after him. Neil tells the story of the Timurids and charts the influences that spread along the Silk Road at this time. The Uzbek writer Hamid Ismailov and the historian Beatrice Forbes Manz describe the Timurid world and the extraordinary character of Ulugh Beg. Producer: Anthony Denselow.