Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena: A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Survey of AstronomyPrinceton University Press, 29 d’oct. 2006 - 325 pàgines This is the first complete English translation of Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena--one of the most important and interesting astronomical works of its type to have survived from Greek antiquity. Gracefully and charmingly written, Geminos's first-century BC textbook for beginning students of astronomy can now be read straight through with understanding and enjoyment by a wider audience than ever before. James Evans and Lennart Berggren's accurate and readable translation is accompanied by a thorough introduction and commentary that set Geminos's work in its historical, scientific, and philosophical context. This book is generously illustrated with diagrams from medieval manuscripts of Geminos's text, as well as drawings and photographs of ancient astronomical instruments. It will be of great interest to students of the history of science, to classicists, and to professional and amateur astronomers who seek to learn more about the origins of their science. |
Continguts
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Significance of Geminoss Introduction to the Phenomena | 2 |
Geminoss Other Works | 3 |
On The Phenomena in Greek Astronomy | 4 |
The Greek Genre of Astronomical Surveys | 8 |
Geminoss Sources for His Introduction | 12 |
Geminoss Country and Date | 15 |
Geminos and the Stoics | 23 |
On the Text and Translation | 101 |
TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY | 111 |
On the Circle of the Signs | 113 |
Aspects of the Zodiacal Signs | 125 |
On the Constellations | 137 |
A Supplement to Chapter III | 140 |
Geminos on | 243 |
From Geminoss Concise Exposition of | 250 |
Geminos on Astronomical Instruments and Models | 27 |
Geminos on Mathematical Genres | 43 |
Reality and Representation in Greek Astronomy | 49 |
Heliacal Risings and Settings | 58 |
Astronomical Applications of Arithmetic Progressions | 73 |
Lunar and Lunisolar Cycles | 82 |
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