简介：TheMayamadesenseofanever-changingworldbyobserving,recordingandpredictingnaturaleventssuchassolstices,solareclipses,weatherpatterns,andplanetarymovements.Theseobservations,incombinationwithasophisticatedmathematicalsystem,allowedthemtodevelopaprecisecalendarsystem;theirmeasurementsofthelengthofthesolaryearweremoreaccuratethanmeasurementstheEuropeansusedasthebasisoftheGregoriancalendar.TheMayaalsopredictedeclipses,wereabletoforecastseasonalchangeanddevelopedtheconceptofmathematicalzero,enablingthemtopredicteventsintothefuture. RecentdecipheringoftheMayahieroglyphicsisprovidingarcheologistswithnewandexcitingdiscoveries.Usingthreedimensionallaserscanningandadvancedgraphictechniques,thevirtualreconstructionofarchitectureinTalesoftheMayaSkiesalsosupportsthesearcheologistsininterpretingtheancientsites,andcontributestotheirconservation. ProducedbyChabotSpace&ScienceCenter,TalesoftheMayaSkiesinspiresandeducatesthroughitsdescriptionoftheMaya’saccurateastronomicalachievementsandhowastronomyconnectedthemtotheUniverse.…