Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical IntroductionMacDonald and Janes, 1974 - 413 oldal |
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... Anaximander The most important of the Ionian philosophers was Thales ' pupil Anaximander , who wrote a now lost work On nature , said to be the first Greek treatise in prose . Traditionally , details of his life and opinions are ...
... Anaximander The most important of the Ionian philosophers was Thales ' pupil Anaximander , who wrote a now lost work On nature , said to be the first Greek treatise in prose . Traditionally , details of his life and opinions are ...
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... Anaximander discovered the obliquity of the ecliptic [ Plinius , first century A.D. ] . 14. He assumed the Moon to be a wheel like the Sun , 19 times as big as the Earth , and in an oblique position like the Sun [ Aëtios ] . 15. He ...
... Anaximander discovered the obliquity of the ecliptic [ Plinius , first century A.D. ] . 14. He assumed the Moon to be a wheel like the Sun , 19 times as big as the Earth , and in an oblique position like the Sun [ Aëtios ] . 15. He ...
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... Anaximander is said to have invented the gnomon and placed it as a sundial in Sparta [ Diogenes Laërtios ] . 26. He constructed a ' sphere ' ( perhaps a kind of celestial globe ) [ Diogenes Laërtios ] . Even without a detailed ...
... Anaximander is said to have invented the gnomon and placed it as a sundial in Sparta [ Diogenes Laërtios ] . 26. He constructed a ' sphere ' ( perhaps a kind of celestial globe ) [ Diogenes Laërtios ] . Even without a detailed ...
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