The Adjustable Cosmos

Works such as The Adjustable Cosmos are one of the delights in my work and learning.  It elides top-notch animation to good storytelling (not to mention fine adaptation from a short story, 'Space Operetta' by Adam Browne) and swings round some agreeable research/understanding of the late-medieval understanding of the universe (with Latin seeded throughout in case you thought I'd gone soft).

If ever I need to demonstrate the underpinnings of Roman/medieval cosmology and the importance that astronomy/astrology (same thing really at that point) played in the late-medieval/Renisance, this will be my go-to.

I found the short, and some initial information, via a post on io9, where you can view it directly on an embedded player, but I also found some more historically critical analysis over at Kuriositas.  Either way, you could avoid the whole talking/writing/thinking part and skip to the film itself over on Vimeo.

Or if YouTube's your preference... Ecce!

Finally, I want those freaking ships; SO COOL!  ;)