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...
| Main Author: | Couprie, Dirk L., 1940- |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Springer,
©2011.
New York : [2011] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxxii, 261 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Series: |
Astrophysics and space science library ;
v. 374. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Archaic astronomy and the world-picture of a flat Earth
- pt. 2. Anaximander and the discovery of space
- pt. 3. The completion of the new world-picture and the debate on the shape of the Earth.