Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology From Thales to Heraclides Ponticus /

In Miletus, about 550 B.C., together with our world-picture cosmology was born. This book tells the story. In Part One the reader is introduced in the archaic world-picture of a flat earth with the cupola of the celestial vault onto which the celestial bodies are attached. One of the subjects treate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Couprie, Dirk L. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 374
Temas:
Physics-Philosophy.
Cosmology.
Science-Philosophy.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Philosophy of Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Archaic World-Picture
  • Archaic Astronomical Instruments
  • How Thales Was Able to Predict the Solar Eclipse of 28 May 585 B.C.
  • The Shape of the Earth According to Thales
  • The Riddle of the Celestial Axis
  • The First Map of the Earth
  • Anaximander, and the Discovery of Space
  • Anaximander, A Survey of his Ideas
  • The Discovery of Space: Anaximander's Cosmology
  • Anaximander's Numbers: The Dimensions of the Universe
  • The Visualization of Anaximander's World-Picture
  • Bellows or Lightning? A Curious Terminology Explained
  • Critique of an Alleged Cosmic Architecture
  • A Survey from Anaximander to Aristarchus
  • With Fear For His Own Life: Anaxagoras as a Cosmologist
  • The Sun at the Horizon: Anaxagoras' Argument for a Flat Earth
  • The Sun is as Big as the Peloponnesus
  • The Dodecahedron, or the Shape of the Earth According to Plato
  • Fear of Falling: Aristotle on the Shape of the Earth
  • Heraclides Ponticus and the Infinite Universe.-.

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