Heaven and Earth in ancient Greek cosmology from Thales to Heraclides Ponticus

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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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: Couprie, Dirk L.
Institutionell upphovsman: SpringerLink (Online service)
Materialtyp: Electronic Resource
Språk:English
Publicerad: New York, NY Springer New York 2011
Serie:Astrophysics and space science library 374
Ämnen:
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.
Länkar:Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via Springerlink. Click here to access