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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9783030072926
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-3-030-07292-6
- Verlag: Springer
- Erscheinungstermin: 01.02.2019
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
- Serie: Historical & Cultural Astronomy
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
- Gewicht: 598 g
- Seiten: 361
- Format (B x H x T): 155 x 235 x 22 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
