Download or read book Aristarchus of Samos the Ancient Copernicus written by Thomas Heath and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prefaced by a history of ancient Greek astronomy, this 1913 edition of Aristarchus' only surviving treatise includes a facing-page translation.
Download or read book The Best of the Grammarians written by Francesca Schironi and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A founding father of the “art of philology,” Aristarchus of Samothrace (216–144 BCE) made a profound contribution to ancient scholarship. In his study of Homer’s Iliad, his methods and principles inevitably informed, even reshaped, his edition of the epic. This systematic study places Aristarchus and his fragments preserved in the Iliadic scholia, or marginal annotations, in the context and cultural environment of his own time. Francesca Schironi presents a more robust picture of Aristarchus as a scholar than anyone has offered previously. Based on her analysis of over 4,300 fragments from his commentary on the Iliad, she reconstructs Aristarchus’ methodology and its relationship to earlier scholarship, especially Aristotelian poetics. Schironi departs from the standard commentary on individual fragments, and instead organizes them by topic to produce a rigorous scholarly examination of how Aristarchus worked. Combining the accuracy and detail of traditional philology with a big-picture study of recurrent patterns and methodological trends across Aristarchus’ work, this volume offers a new approach to scholarship in Alexandrian and classical philology. It will be the go-to reference book on this topic for many years to come, and will usher in a new way of addressing the highly technical work of ancient scholars without losing philological accuracy. This book will be valuable to classicists and philologists interested in Homer and Homeric criticism in antiquity, Hellenistic scholarship, and ancient literary criticism.
Download or read book Aristarchus of Samos On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon written by Christián C. Carman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the Greek text and an English translation of Aristarchus of Samos’s On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon, accompanied by a full introduction, detailed commentary, and relevant scholia. Aristarchus of Samos was active in the third century BC. He was one of the first Greek astronomers to apply geometry to the solution of astronomical problems as we can see in his only extant text, On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon. Alongside the Greek text and new English translation, the book offers readers the Latin text and English translation of Commandino’s notes on the text. Readers will also benefit from a comprehensive introductory study explaining the value of Aristarchus’s calculations and methodology throughout history, as well as detailed analyses of each part of the treatise. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars working on ancient science and astronomy and the general reader interested in the history of science.
Download or read book Aristarchus of Samos written by Sir Thomas Heath and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A most welcome addition to the literature of astronomical history." — Nature "A most important contribution to the early history of Greek thought and a notable monument of English scholarship." — Journal of Hellenic Studies This classic work traces Aristarchus of Samos's anticipation by two millennia of Copernicus's revolutionary theory of the orbital motion of the earth. Heath's history of astronomy ranges from Homer and Hesiod to Aristarchus and includes quotes from numerous thinkers, compilers, and scholasticists from Thales and Anaximander through Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, and Heraclides. 34 figures.
Download or read book Unheralded Faith Aristarchus A Servant of the Living Lord written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Greek Mathematics From Aristarchus to Diophantus written by Sir Thomas Little Heath and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Copernicus of Antiquity Aristarchus of Samos written by Sir Thomas Little Heath and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Greek Mathematics From Aristarchus to Diophantus written by Thomas Heath and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of an authoritative two-volume set that covers the essentials of mathematics and features every landmark innovation and every important figure, including Euclid, Apollonius, and others.
Download or read book The Society of Friends a Political Satire In Two Scenes By Aristarchus written by pseud ARISTARCHUS and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Introduction to Stars and Planets written by Alan Hirshfeld and published by Myprint. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do astronomers know what they know about the stars and planets? That is the question behind today's rapid pace of cosmic discovery, for every new finding rests upon a centuries-long foundation of astronomical practice. Introduction to Stars and Planets: An activities-based exploration reveals the methods by which Earthbound observers have deduced the physical attributes of celestial bodies, whether situated within our solar neighborhood or at the far ends of the galaxy. The book's 28 mildly mathematical activities invite readers to carry out the essential work of the astronomer by utilizing real observational data sets and high-quality celestial photographs to establish the innate properties of a range of cosmic systems. Taken in sequence, these activities illustrate the epic advancement of stellar and planetary astronomy over the past century, up to the present day. Key Features Wide-ranging topical coverage of both historical and up-to-the-minute aspects of astronomical discovery Uses a learning-by-doing approach Structured, goal-oriented framework centered on the methods and physical principles by which astronomers study the universe Provides real-time educational feedback to students Introduces elementary mathematics for students to gain a truer sense of the work astronomers do
Download or read book The Sand Reckoner written by Archimedes and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE CLASSIC WORK OF ARCHIMEDES The Sand-Reckoner Dimensio Circuli of Archimedes Translated by Thomas L. Heath (Original publication: Cambridge University Press, 1897). The Sand Reckoner is a work by Archimedes in which he set out to determine an upper bound for the number of grains of sand that fit into the universe. In order to do this, he had to estimate the size of the universe according to the contemporary model, and invent a way to talk about extremely large numbers. The work, also known in Latin as Archimedis Syracusani Arenarius and Dimensio Circuli, which is about 8 pages long in translation, is addressed to the Syracusan king Gelo II (son of Hiero II), and is probably the most accessible work of Archimedes; in some sense, it is the first research-expository paper. Archimedes died during the Siege of Syracuse when he was killed by a Roman soldier despite orders that he should not be harmed. Cicero describes visiting the tomb of Archimedes, which was surmounted by a sphere and a cylinder, which Archimedes had requested to be placed on his tomb, representing his mathematical discoveries. Unlike his inventions, the mathematical writings of Archimedes were little known in antiquity. Mathematicians from Alexandria read and quoted him, but the first comprehensive compilation was not made until c. 530 AD by Isidore of Miletus in Byzantine Constantinople, while commentaries on the works of Archimedes written by Eutocius in the sixth century AD opened them to wider readership for the first time. The relatively few copies of Archimedes' written work that survived through the Middle Ages were an influential source of ideas for scientists during the Renaissance, while the discovery in 1906 of previously unknown works by Archimedes in the Archimedes Palimpsest has provided new insights into how he obtained mathematical results.
Download or read book From Aristarchus to Diophantus written by Sir Thomas Little Heath and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Measuring the Universe written by Albert Van Helden and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring the Universe is the first history of the evolution of cosmic dimensions, from the work of Eratosthenes and Aristarchus in the third century B.C. to the efforts of Edmond Halley (1656—1742). "Van Helden's authoritative treatment is concise and informative; he refers to numerous sources of information, draws on the discoveries of modern scholarship, and presents the first book-length treatment of this exceedingly important branch of science."—Edward Harrison, American Journal of Physics "Van Helden writes well, with a flair for clear explanation. I warmly recommend this book."—Colin A. Ronan, Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Download or read book Selections Illustrating the History of Greek Mathematics From Aristarchus to Pappus written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aristarchus of Samos c 310 230 B C written by Aristarchus (of Samos.) and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greek Astronomy written by Thomas L. Heath and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1932, this collection of translated excerpts on ancient astronomy was prepared by Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861-1940).
Download or read book The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeus written by Richard Claverhouse Jebb and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
