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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... side , the debt is seen to be much greater than was formerly supposed . As early as the second millennium B.C. the Babylonians recognized the zodiac as the circle in which the planets move . They divided it into signs of 30 degrees each ...
... side it touches the air ; on the under side it extends without limit . The earth is infinite in extent , and is surrounded neither by the air nor by the heaven . HERACLITUS of Ephesus ( born about 544/0 B.C. ) took fire to be the ...
... sides towards us , which collect the bright exhalations ; these are the stars . The sun and the moon are bowl - shaped like the stars , and similarly lit up . The flame of the sun is the brightest and hottest , the other stars are ...
... side of which is apparently our atmosphere . Between the outer and inner wreaths of fire are mixed wreaths or bands consisting of light and darkness in combination . These exhibit the phenomenon of fire shining out here and there , and ...
... side of a regular fifteen - sided figure inscribed in it ( cf. Eucl . IV , 16 ) . We come next to the atomists Leucippus and Demo- critus . Leucippus was a contemporary of Anaxagoras and Empedocles . Democritus of Abdera was , as he ...
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