Rosemary Wright

Cosmology in Antiquity (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The popularity of Stephen Hawking's work has put cosmology back in the public eye. The question of how the universe began, and why it hangs together, still puzzles scientists. Their puzzlement began two and a half thousand years ago when Greek philosophers first 'looked up at the sky and formed a theory of everything.' Though their solutions are little credited today, the questions remain fresh.
The early Greek thinkers struggled to come to terms with and explain the totality of their surroundings; to identitify an original substance from which the universe was compounded; and to reconcile the presence of balance and proportion with the apparent disorder of the universe.
Rosemary Wright examines the cosmological theories of the `natural philosophers' from Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes to Plato, the Stoics and the NeoPlatonists. The importance of Babylonian and Egyptian forerunners is emphasised.
Cosmology in Antiquity is a comprehensive introduction to the cosmological thought of antiquity, the first such survey since Neugebauer's work of 1962.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134524112
• Artikelnr.: 39704831

Autorenporträt

Wright, Rosemary

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 A SURVEY OF COSMOLOGICAL TEXTS
Chapter 3 MODELS, MYTHS AND METAPHORS
Chapter 4 MACROCOSM AND MICROCOSM
Chapter 5 CHAOS AND COSMOGONY
Chapter 6 ELEMENTS AND MATTER
Chapter 7 AIR, AITHER AND ASTRA
Chapter 8 TIME AND ETERNITY
Chapter 9 THE MATHEMATICAL BASES OF GREEK COSMOLOGY
Chapter 10 THE COSMOS AND GOD

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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 A SURVEY OF COSMOLOGICAL TEXTS; Chapter 3 MODELS, MYTHS AND METAPHORS; Chapter 4 MACROCOSM AND MICROCOSM; Chapter 5 CHAOS AND COSMOGONY; Chapter 6 ELEMENTS AND MATTER; Chapter 7 AIR, AITHER AND ASTRA; Chapter 8 TIME AND ETERNITY; Chapter 9 THE MATHEMATICAL BASES OF GREEK COSMOLOGY; Chapter 10 THE COSMOS AND GOD;

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`Wright's strength lies in her linguistic subtlety and her command of the changing vocabulary ... a successful and useful compendium, a handy source on ancient Greek cosmology and an excellent supplementary textbook for courses dealing with the origins and development of modern science.' - ?

`Wright's strength lies in her linguistic subtlety and her command of the changing vocabulary ... a successful and useful compendium, a handy source on ancient Greek cosmology and an excellent supplementary textbook for courses dealing with the origins and development of modern science.' - ?