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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.Contents: (1) The Byzantine article contains the following sections: About MotionAbout the Spheres and the Stars Lying on ThemAbout the SunAbout the Spheres of the MoonAbout the Spheres of the Four Stars: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and VenusComputation of the Sphere of MercuryStations and Retrogression of the Five Stars and their Ascending MotionAbout the Latitude of the StarsAbout the Change in Appearance (Parallax)Parallax of the SunAbout the Waxing and Waning of the MoonAbout the Eclipse of the MoonAbout the Eclipse of the Sun"(2) The Diagrams: "Diagrams in the Schemata of the StarsExcerpts from the TextsGeocentric ClocksAstronomical Diagram from Mount Athos"(3) Analysis of the Schemata of the Stars: "Kinematic PrinciplesChioniades' Classification of the Stars and their MotionsThe Model for the SpheresThe Motion of the SunThe Lunar ModelThe PlanetsMercuryDescription of the Stations and Retrogression of the Five StarsThe Nodes and Latitudes of the StarsThe ParallaxThe Phases of the MoonThe Eclipse of the MoonThe Eclipse of the SunReadership: General, from undergraduates to research scientists interested in medieval astronomy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Schemata of the Stars: Byzantine Astronomy from 1300 A.D.. To get started finding Schemata of the Stars: Byzantine Astronomy from 1300 A.D., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 229

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1299621112

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.Contents: (1) The Byzantine article contains the following sections: About MotionAbout the Spheres and the Stars Lying on ThemAbout the SunAbout the Spheres of the MoonAbout the Spheres of the Four Stars: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and VenusComputation of the Sphere of MercuryStations and Retrogression of the Five Stars and their Ascending MotionAbout the Latitude of the StarsAbout the Change in Appearance (Parallax)Parallax of the SunAbout the Waxing and Waning of the MoonAbout the Eclipse of the MoonAbout the Eclipse of the Sun"(2) The Diagrams: "Diagrams in the Schemata of the StarsExcerpts from the TextsGeocentric ClocksAstronomical Diagram from Mount Athos"(3) Analysis of the Schemata of the Stars: "Kinematic PrinciplesChioniades' Classification of the Stars and their MotionsThe Model for the SpheresThe Motion of the SunThe Lunar ModelThe PlanetsMercuryDescription of the Stations and Retrogression of the Five StarsThe Nodes and Latitudes of the StarsThe ParallaxThe Phases of the MoonThe Eclipse of the MoonThe Eclipse of the SunReadership: General, from undergraduates to research scientists interested in medieval astronomy.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Schemata of the Stars: Byzantine Astronomy from 1300 A.D.. To get started finding Schemata of the Stars: Byzantine Astronomy from 1300 A.D., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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