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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... fact but the why and wherefore of everything . As Professor John Burnet wrote : " No sooner did an Ionian philosopher learn half a dozen geometrical pro- positions and hear that the phenomena of the heavens recur in cycles than he set ...
... facts which they had learnt from their observations of phenomena . It is natural to ask how far the Greeks were indebted for the beginnings of their astronomy to the more ancient civilizations of Babylon and Egypt , not to speak of ...
... fact that Anaximander hinted at a theory of evolution . According to him , animals first arose from slime evaporated by the sun ; they first lived in the sea and had prickly coverings ; men at first resembled fishes ( or were born ...
... fact in question was learnt from Babylon or Egypt . The same is probably true of the " discovery " , alternatively attributed to Pythagoras and Parmenides , that the Morning Star and the Evening Star are one and the same . Pythagoras ...
... fact but scarcely implies knowledge of the cause . Further , Plato in the Cratylus speaks of " the fact which he ( Anaxagoras ) recently asserted , namely that the moon has its light from the sun . " It may be , as Burnet says , that ...
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