Augustine got many of his ideas about how god illuminated the universe from his interpretation of the works of

Augustine got many of his ideas about how God illuminated the universe from his interpretation of the works of Plato/Platonist.

Explanation:

Saint Augustine had a deep belief that Platonist were the best of philosophers among all. As they not only concerned on the causes of things and the methodology of acquiring knowledge, but also on the cause of the organized universe.

The Neo-Platonism, system of philosophy and religion developed by the Plotinus's followers in early 3rd century and Philosophers like Plotinus and Porphyry had greatly influenced Saint Augustine and thus the Christianity.

consider an orange peel: if you want to try and lay it flat, you have to stretch it, we know exactly how things are being stretched or squashed at any given point. we have many different map projections because each has different patterns of some projections can even preserve certain features of the earth without

incident infrared radiation is blocked. visible and ultraviolet radiation heat   earth.

earth radiates infrared radiation. infrared radiation is blocked and heats earth. visible and shortwave radiation heat earth.

earth radiates longwave radiation

longwave radiation is reflected downward longwave radiation heats earth