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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.

Schemata Of The Stars, The, Byzantine Astronomy From 1300 A.d.

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Hardback by Emmanuel Paschos , Panagiotis Sotiroudis

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Most of the knowledge of ancient Greek science survived through Byzantine codices. A short Byzantine article, extant in three manuscripts,... Read more

    Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
    Publication Date: 29/12/1998
    ISBN13: 9789810234898, 978-9810234898
    ISBN10: 9810234899

    Number of Pages: 228

    Non Fiction , Mathematics & Science , Education

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    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.

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