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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... , THE STARS AND OTHER PHENOMENA , Fred Schaaf . ( 24402-4 ) AMATEUR ASTRONOMER'S HANDBOOK , J. B. Sidgwick . ( Available in U.S. only . ) ( 24034-7 ) GREEK ASTRONOMY SIR THOMAS L. HEATH DOVER PUBLICATIONS , INC DOVER BOOKS ON ASTRONOMY.
... Tartarus is never lit up by the sun ; possibly they are supposed to float round Oceanus , past the north , to the points where they next rise in the east . There are vague uses of astronomical phenomena for the purpose xi II.
... phenomena for the purpose of determining times and seasons in the year . With Hesiod the spring begins with the late rising of Arcturus ( this would be in his time and climate the 24th February of the Julian calendar ) ; sowing - time ...
... 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 China . We can leave China out of account , notwithstanding ...
... phenomenon of fire shining out here and there , and they include the Milky Way , as well as the sun , moon , and planets . The constitution of the heavenly bodies Parmenides explains in this way : " The air is thrown off the earth in ...
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