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When the Earth Was Flat
Studies in Ancient Greek and Chinese Cosmology
Buch von Dirk L. Couprie
Sprache: Englisch

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This book is a sequel to Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology (Springer 2011). With the help of many pictures, the reader is introduced into the way of thinking of ancient believers in a flat earth. The first part offers new interpretations of several Presocratic cosmologists and a critical discussion of Aristotle¿s proofs that the earth is spherical. The second part explains and discusses the ancient Chinese system called gai tian. The last chapter shows that, inadvertently, ancient arguments and ideas return in the curious modern flat earth cosmologies.
This book is a sequel to Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology (Springer 2011). With the help of many pictures, the reader is introduced into the way of thinking of ancient believers in a flat earth. The first part offers new interpretations of several Presocratic cosmologists and a critical discussion of Aristotle¿s proofs that the earth is spherical. The second part explains and discusses the ancient Chinese system called gai tian. The last chapter shows that, inadvertently, ancient arguments and ideas return in the curious modern flat earth cosmologies.
Über den Autor
Dirk L. Couprie is a retired scholar (University of Leiden). Doctoral dissertation at University of Amsterdam with a thesis on Anaximander.
Current position: leader of a project on Presocratic Philosophy at the philosophical department of the faculty of philosophy and arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.
Areas of work: Presocratic philosophy, more especially Presocratic cosmology; also ancient cosmology in a broader perspective (ancient Egyptian, ancient Jewish, ancient Chinese).
Zusammenfassung

Discusses ancient theories of a flat Earth with surprising new insights and interpretations

Contrasts early Greek philosophy with ancient Chinese concepts

Numerous images visualize ancient cosmology

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. - Preliminaries on Sources and Methodology.- Part One Ancient Greece.- Peculiarities of Presocratic Flat Earth Cosmology.- Anaximander's Images.- Anaximander's Phenomenological Cosmology.- Anaximander's Numbers.- Anaximenes' Cosmology.- Xenophanes' Cosmology.- Anaxagoras on The Milky Way and Lunar Eclipses.- Anaxagoras on The Light and Phases of the Moon.- Anaxagoras and the Measurement of the Sun and Moon.- Aristotle's Arguments for the Sphericity of the Earth.- Part Two Ancient China.- An Ancient Chinese Cosmology: Main Features.- An Ancient Chinese Flat Earth Cosmology. Details and Calculations.- Ancient Chinese Versus Greek Flat Earth Cosmology.- Two Appendices: Cosmas Indicopleustes and Samuel Birley Rowbotham.- Quotations from Ancient Greek and Roman Authors.- Quotations from the Zhou bi and Ancient Chinese Authors.- Bibliography.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Historical & Cultural Astronomy
Inhalt: xxxi
361 S.
81 s/w Illustr.
71 farbige Illustr.
361 p. 152 illus.
71 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783319970516
ISBN-10: 3319970518
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-3-319-97051-6
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Couprie, Dirk L.
Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Historical & Cultural Astronomy
Maße: 241 x 160 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Dirk L. Couprie
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.11.2018
Gewicht: 0,758 kg
Artikel-ID: 113991462
Über den Autor
Dirk L. Couprie is a retired scholar (University of Leiden). Doctoral dissertation at University of Amsterdam with a thesis on Anaximander.
Current position: leader of a project on Presocratic Philosophy at the philosophical department of the faculty of philosophy and arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.
Areas of work: Presocratic philosophy, more especially Presocratic cosmology; also ancient cosmology in a broader perspective (ancient Egyptian, ancient Jewish, ancient Chinese).
Zusammenfassung

Discusses ancient theories of a flat Earth with surprising new insights and interpretations

Contrasts early Greek philosophy with ancient Chinese concepts

Numerous images visualize ancient cosmology

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. - Preliminaries on Sources and Methodology.- Part One Ancient Greece.- Peculiarities of Presocratic Flat Earth Cosmology.- Anaximander's Images.- Anaximander's Phenomenological Cosmology.- Anaximander's Numbers.- Anaximenes' Cosmology.- Xenophanes' Cosmology.- Anaxagoras on The Milky Way and Lunar Eclipses.- Anaxagoras on The Light and Phases of the Moon.- Anaxagoras and the Measurement of the Sun and Moon.- Aristotle's Arguments for the Sphericity of the Earth.- Part Two Ancient China.- An Ancient Chinese Cosmology: Main Features.- An Ancient Chinese Flat Earth Cosmology. Details and Calculations.- Ancient Chinese Versus Greek Flat Earth Cosmology.- Two Appendices: Cosmas Indicopleustes and Samuel Birley Rowbotham.- Quotations from Ancient Greek and Roman Authors.- Quotations from the Zhou bi and Ancient Chinese Authors.- Bibliography.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Historical & Cultural Astronomy
Inhalt: xxxi
361 S.
81 s/w Illustr.
71 farbige Illustr.
361 p. 152 illus.
71 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783319970516
ISBN-10: 3319970518
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-3-319-97051-6
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Couprie, Dirk L.
Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Historical & Cultural Astronomy
Maße: 241 x 160 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Dirk L. Couprie
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.11.2018
Gewicht: 0,758 kg
Artikel-ID: 113991462
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