Understanding the Heavens: Thirty Centuries of Astronomical Ideas from Ancient Thinking to Modern CosmologySpringer Science & Business Media, 6 gru 2012 - 597 Astronomy is the oldest and most fundamental of the natural sciences. From the early beginnings of civilization astronomers have attempted to explain not only what the Universe is and how it works, but also how it started, how it evolved to the present day, and how it will develop in the future. The author, a well-known astronomer himself, describes the evolution of astronomical ideas, briefly discussing most of the instrumental developments. Using numerous figures to elucidate the mechanisms involved, the book starts with the astronomical ideas of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian philosophers, moves on to the Greek period, and then to the golden age of astronomy, i.e. to Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, and ends with modern theories of cosmology. Written with undergraduate students in mind, this book gives a fascinating survey of astronomical thinking. |
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... Plato ... 49 2 . Classical Greek Astronomy 55 2.1 Plato's World ..... 2.1.1 The Myth of the Cave ... .. 2.1.2 The Timaeus . 2.1.3 The Four Elements ... 2.1.4 Space 55 55 58 59 60 2.1.5 Platonic Astronomy 63 2.3 Aristotle's World ...
... Plato ... 49 2 . Classical Greek Astronomy 55 2.1 Plato's World ..... 2.1.1 The Myth of the Cave ... .. 2.1.2 The Timaeus . 2.1.3 The Four Elements ... 2.1.4 Space 55 55 58 59 60 2.1.5 Platonic Astronomy 63 2.3 Aristotle's World ...
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... Plato's Dialogues .... 2.2 Plato's Contemporaries : Eudoxus , Callippus ... 2.2.1 Eudoxus and his System of Homocentric Spheres .. 2.2.2 The Reform of Calippus 2.2.3 Astronomers at the Time of Aristotle ... 2.3.1 Aristotle's Cosmology ...
... Plato's Dialogues .... 2.2 Plato's Contemporaries : Eudoxus , Callippus ... 2.2.1 Eudoxus and his System of Homocentric Spheres .. 2.2.2 The Reform of Calippus 2.2.3 Astronomers at the Time of Aristotle ... 2.3.1 Aristotle's Cosmology ...
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... Plato , and that of Aristotle . Before explaining what I mean by that , I would like to make clear that perhaps I should put each of these three names between quotation marks . I will speak of “ Pythagoras , ” of " Plato , " of ...
... Plato , and that of Aristotle . Before explaining what I mean by that , I would like to make clear that perhaps I should put each of these three names between quotation marks . I will speak of “ Pythagoras , ” of " Plato , " of ...
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... Plato ( in the Timaeus ) , and much later by Kepler . One finds similar principles among the Kabbalists , such as the use of " gematria " , a numerological system , as a logical principle . Is not the simplicity principle expressed much ...
... Plato ( in the Timaeus ) , and much later by Kepler . One finds similar principles among the Kabbalists , such as the use of " gematria " , a numerological system , as a logical principle . Is not the simplicity principle expressed much ...
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... Plato's spirituality is an essential component of his view of the Universe . The search for the divine is inseparable from the search for causality . There is no science without theology . The role of reason in the organization of the ...
... Plato's spirituality is an essential component of his view of the Universe . The search for the divine is inseparable from the search for causality . There is no science without theology . The role of reason in the organization of the ...
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Classical Greek Astronomy 55 | 54 |
Ptolemys Astronomy Questioned | 129 |
The Period of the Renaissance | 187 |
From Galileo to Newton | 253 |
Towards Modern Cosmology | 373 |
Cosmologies of Today and Tomorrow | 427 |
General Conclusion | 549 |
Figure Acknowledgements | 559 |
Subject Index 577 | 576 |
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