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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... turns round on the same spot and watches Orion ; it alone is without lot in Oceanus ' bath " ) , Sirius ( " the star which rises in late summer . . . which is called among men ' Orion's dog ' ; bright it shines forth , yet is a baleful ...
... turns towards the country of the dark - com- plexioned people , and rises later for the Greeks . He does not mention the equinoxes , but only remarks in one place that in late summer the days become shorter and the nights longer . He ...
... turn by the Astrology of Cleostratus , which probably dealt with the risings and settings of various stars and groups of stars . Thales ' interest in astronomy is attested by the well- known story that he fell into a well while star ...
... turns the same side to the earth ) . The conclusion of the whole matter seems to be that , while we may quite reasonably suppose Plato , in his later years , to have favoured a hypothesis like that of the Pythagoreans making the earth ...
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