When the Earth Was Flat: Studies in Ancient Greek and Chinese Cosmology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030072926)

Spherical versus Flat

Foreword

Acknowledgements

References

Introduction

Chapter 1 Preliminaries on Sources and Methodology

Sources

Methodology

References

Part One Ancient Greece

Chapter 2 Peculiarities of Presocratic Flat Earth Cosmology

The shape of the earth

Arguments concerning the shape of the earth

Geographical issues

The tilt of the celestial axis

The alleged tilt of the earth

Climatological issues

Falling on a flat earth

Distance of the heavens

Temporal issues

References

Chapter 3 Anaximander's Images

Introduction

The cosmic tree

The tilted tree

The reversal in the relationship between air and fire

Tamed fire

Turning wheels

Two images for escaping fire

Tilted wheels

References

Chapter 4 Anaximander's Phenomenological Astronomy

Closing fire spots

Phases of the moon

Lunar eclipses

Solar eclipses

References

Chapter 5 Anaximander's Numbers

Introduction

An ordered universe

Anaximander's numbers of the heavenly bodies

Tannery and the standard interpretation

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Author: Dirk L. Couprie
ISBN-10: 3030072924
ISBN-13: 9783030072926
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2019
Pages: 361
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d