{"product_id":"schemata-of-the-stars-the-emmanuel-paschos-9789810234898","title":"Schemata of the Stars, The, Byzantine Astronomy from 1300 A.D.","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emmanuel Paschos,Panagiotis Sotiroudis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9810234899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789810234898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Scientific Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.83h x 6.30w x 0.65d","brand":"Emmanuel Paschos","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448089850111,"sku":"9789810234898","price":67.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcc0eded-f29a-469e-a422-bdc141170619.jpg?v=1777236827","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/schemata-of-the-stars-the-emmanuel-paschos-9789810234898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}