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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Main Author:	Couprie, Dirk L.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Springer New York 2011
Series:	Astrophysics and space science library 374
Subjects:	Thales > approximately 634B.C.-approximately 546 B.C. Anaximander. Anaxagoras. Heraclides, Ponticus > approximately 390B.C.-310B.C. Cosmology, Ancient > History. Astronomy, Ancient > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via Springerlink. Click here to access