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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... hypothesis on which the latest cosmological theories are based . According to Anaxagoras , the formation of the world began with a vortex set up , in a portion of the mixed mass in which ( as he said ) " all things were together , ” by ...
... hypothesis and the reduction of the earth to the status of a planet like the others . Aëtius ( probably on the authority of Theophrastus ) attributes the resulting system to Philolaus ( second half of fifth century B.C. ) , Diogenes ...
... hypothesis of Heraclides of Pontus — or ( 2 ) an equivalent revolution of the earth about the centre of the universe in ( say ) a small orbit . What light does the Epinomis throw on the question ? After mentioning seven revolutions ...
... hypothesis like that of the Pythagoreans making the earth revolve about the centre like the other planets , it is not possible to find in the Timaeus and the later dialogues any clear statement to this effect , or any definite ...
... hypothesis was purely geo- metrical ; there was nothing mechanical about it . For the sun and moon Eudoxus used three spheres in each case ; for each of the planets he required four spheres . The spheres were one inside the other , and ...
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