Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology : From Thales to Heraclides Ponticus
In Miletus, about 550 B.C., together with our world-picture cosmology was born. This book tells the story. In Part One the reader is introduced in the archaic world-picture of a flat earth with the cupola of the celestial vault onto which the celestial bodies are attached. One of the subjects treate...
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| Médium: | Livre numérique |
| Jazyk: | Anglais |
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| Vydání: | 1. |
| Edice: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library
374 |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Heaven and Earth in ancient greek cosmology, from Thales to Heraclides Ponticus, Dirk L. Couprie, New York, Springer, 2011, 1 vol. (XXXII-261 p.), Astrophysics and space science library, 978-1-441-98115-8 • Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology, Texte imprimé, 9781461428404 • Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology, Texte imprimé, 9781441981172 |
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- The Archaic World-Picture Archaic Astronomical Instruments How Thales Was Able to Predict the Solar Eclipse of 28 May 585 B.C. The Shape of the Earth According to Thales The Riddle of the Celestial Axis The First Map of the Earth Anaximander, and the Discovery of Space Anaximander, A Survey of his Ideas The Discovery of Space: Anaximander s Cosmology Anaximander s Numbers: The Dimensions of the Universe The Visualization of Anaximander s World-Picture Bellows or Lightning? A Curious Terminology Explained Critique of an Alleged Cosmic Architecture A Survey from Anaximander to Aristarchus With Fear For His Own Life: Anaxagoras as a Cosmologist The Sun at the Horizon: Anaxagoras Argument for a Flat Earth The Sun is as Big as the Peloponnesus The Dodecahedron, or the Shape of the Earth According to Plato Fear of Falling: Aristotle on the Shape of the Earth Heraclides Ponticus and the Infinite Universe.-