Greek AstronomyCourier Corporation, 1.01.1991 г. - 192 страници Astronomy as a science began with the Ionian philosophers, with whom Greek philosophy and mathematics also began. While the Egyptians and Babylonians had accomplished much of astronomical worth, it remained for the unrivalled speculative genius of the Greeks, in particular, their mathematical genius, to lay the foundations of the true science of astronomy. In this classic study, a noted scholar discusses in lucid detail the specific advances made by the Greeks, many of whose ideas anticipated the discoveries of modern astronomy. |
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... equal distance from all the rest of the heavenly bodies . By this he clearly meant that the earth is in equilibrium . Aristotle took the principle involved to be that of “ indifference , ” and has an amusing criticism which will be ...
... equal in size to the earth . Anaximander is said to have set up in Sparta a gnomon ( a sundial with a vertical needle on a plane base ) and to have marked on it the solstices , the times , the seasons , and the equinox . As we have seen ...
... equal in size to the earth . Yet Empedocles deserves a place in the history of astronomy and science on account of one thing - his theory that light travels and takes time to pass from one point to another . For this we have the ...
... equal to about 24,662 miles , and this gives for the diameter about 7,850 miles , only fifty miles less than the true polar diameter ! The figure arrived at by Posidonius for the circumference of the earth was , according to Cleomedes ...
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