Schemata Of The Stars, The, Byzantine Astronomy From 1300 A.d.

by Emmanuel Paschos, Panagiotis Sotiroudis

Overview

Most of the knowledge of ancient Greek science survived through Byzantine codices. A short Byzantine article, extant in three manuscripts, contains advanced astronomical ideas and pre-Copernican diagrams; it presents improvements on ancient and medieval astronomy. This important book includes the edited version and translation of the text and analyzes its content. It surveys the development of astronomical models from Ptolemy to Byzantium and compares them mathematically with several works of Arab astronomers, as well as with the heliocentric system of Copernicus and Newton.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789810234898
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/29/1998
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.61(d)

Editorial Reviews

The first publication of a short article written at the end of the 13th century that presents a short but complete account of astronomy at that time, and that Copernicus might have been familiar with. The facing pages of Greek text and translation are followed by diagrams, and an extensive analysis of the treatise, which survives in three manuscripts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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