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020			_a9781139856287 (ebook)
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050		4	_aQB21 _b.H42 2014
082	0	4	_a520.938 _223
100	1		_aHeath, Thomas Little, _cSir, _d1861-1940, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGreek astronomy / _cT. L. Heath.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (lvii, 192 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Astronomy
500			_aOriginally published: London : J. M. Dent & Sons, 1932.
520			_aFrom its beginnings in Babylonian and Egyptian theories, through its flowering into revolutionary ideas such as heliocentricity, astronomy proved a source of constant fascination for the philosophers of antiquity. In ancient Greece, the earliest written evidence of astronomical knowledge appeared in the poems of Homer and Hesiod. In the present work, first published in 1932, Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861-1940) collects some of the most notable essays and discussions of astronomical theory by Greek astronomers and mathematicians, presenting them in English translation for the modern reader. With chronological coverage, Heath's book features a thorough introduction, a doxography of what ancient authors said about the earliest theorists and longer excerpts exploring fundamental ideas. Among the pieces are extracts from Plato's Republic and Ptolemy's work on the impossibility of a moving Earth, alongside material from Aristotle, Euclid, Strabo, Plutarch and others.
650		0	_aAstronomy, Greek.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108062800
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pAstronomy.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139856287
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