Simplicius on the Planets and Their Motions
Download or Read eBook Simplicius on the Planets and Their Motions PDF written by Alan C. Bowen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Alan C. Bowen |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2012-11-29 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004227088 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004227083 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Simplicius on the Planets and Their Motions by : Alan C. Bowen
Book excerpt: The book contends that the digression ending Simplicius’ In de caelo 2.12 is not a proper history of early Greek planetary theory, but a creative atempt to show that to accept Ptolemy’s planetary hypotheses one need not repudiate Aristotle’s argument that the cosmos is eternal.
