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: 9783319970516
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-3-319-97051-6
- Verlag: Springer
- Erscheinungstermin: 12.11.2018
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2018
- Serie: Historical & Cultural Astronomy
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 758 g
- Seiten: 361
- Format (B x H x T): 160 x 241 x 27 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
