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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108062806

ISBN-139781108062800

eBay Product ID (ePID)168593786

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

Publication NameGreek Astronomy

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAstronomy, Physics / General

Publication Year2014

TypeTextbook

AuthorThomas L. Heath

Subject AreaScience

SeriesCambridge Library Collection-Astronomy Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal520/.938

Table Of ContentPrefatory note; 1. Introduction; 2. Doxography; 3. Plato; 4. Eudoxus (and Callippus); 5. Aristotle; 6. Heraclides of Pontus; 7. Euclid; 8. Aristarchus of Samos; 9. Eratosthenes; 10. Aratus; 11. Posidonius; 12. Geminus; 13. Hipparchus; 14. Ptolemy; 15. Strabo; 16. Treatise 'De mundo'; 17. Cleomedes; 18. Plutarch; Appendix; Index.

SynopsisIncluding translated extracts by such authors as Plato, Aristotle, Euclid and Ptolemy, this collection of ancient Greek astronomical writing first appeared in 1932. It features a thorough introduction by editor and translator Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861-1940), a doxography of anecdotes from ancient authors and longer philosophical essays., From its beginnings in Babylonian and Egyptian theories, through its flowering into revolutionary ideas such as heliocentricity, astronomy proved a source of constant fascination for the philosophers of antiquity. In ancient Greece, the earliest written evidence of astronomical knowledge appeared in the poems of Homer and Hesiod. In the present work, first published in 1932, Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861 1940) collects some of the most notable essays and discussions of astronomical theory by Greek astronomers and mathematicians, presenting them in English translation for the modern reader. With chronological coverage, Heath's book features a thorough introduction, a doxography of what ancient authors said about the earliest theorists and longer excerpts exploring fundamental ideas. Among the pieces are extracts from Plato's Republic and Ptolemy's work on the impossibility of a moving Earth, alongside material from Aristotle, Euclid, Strabo, Plutarch and others.", From its beginnings in Babylonian and Egyptian theories, through its flowering into revolutionary ideas such as heliocentricity, astronomy proved a source of constant fascination for the philosophers of antiquity. In ancient Greece, the earliest written evidence of astronomical knowledge appeared in the poems of Homer and Hesiod. In the present work, first published in 1932, Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861-1940) collects some of the most notable essays and discussions of astronomical theory by Greek astronomers and mathematicians, presenting them in English translation for the modern reader. With chronological coverage, Heath's book features a thorough introduction, a doxography of what ancient authors said about the earliest theorists and longer excerpts exploring fundamental ideas. Among the pieces are extracts from Plato's Republic and Ptolemy's work on the impossibility of a moving Earth, alongside material from Aristotle, Euclid, Strabo, Plutarch and others.

LC Classification NumberQB21