When the Earth Was Flat
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Produktnummer:
9783319970516
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.
| Autor: | Couprie, Dirk L. |
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| EAN: | 9783319970516 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 361 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer Springer, Berlin |
| Untertitel: | Studies in Ancient Greek and Chinese Cosmology |
| Schlagworte: | Anaximander Astronomie Xenophanes |
| Größe: | 28 × 158 × 244 |
| Gewicht: | 742 g |
