Book contents
- A New History of Greek Mathematics
- A New History of Greek Mathematics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 To the Threshold of Greek Mathematics
- Chapter 2 The Generation of Archytas
- Chapter 3 The Generation of Archimedes
- Chapter 4 Mathematics in the World
- Chapter 5 Mathematics of the Stars
- Chapter 6 The Canonization of Greek Mathematics
- Chapter 7 Into Modern Science: The Legacy of Greek Mathematics
- Epilogue: Bringing to the Boil
- Index
Chapter 5 - Mathematics of the Stars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
Book contents
- A New History of Greek Mathematics
- A New History of Greek Mathematics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 To the Threshold of Greek Mathematics
- Chapter 2 The Generation of Archytas
- Chapter 3 The Generation of Archimedes
- Chapter 4 Mathematics in the World
- Chapter 5 Mathematics of the Stars
- Chapter 6 The Canonization of Greek Mathematics
- Chapter 7 Into Modern Science: The Legacy of Greek Mathematics
- Epilogue: Bringing to the Boil
- Index
Summary
A one-volume history of Greek mathematics has to be selective and compressed. All the more so, a one-chapter history of Greek astronomy. We follow an entire trajectory—from the beginnings to Ptolemy (second century ce). Chapter 3, “The Generation of Archimedes,” was a rondo with Archimedes as its recurrent theme. Here, we progress through three subchapters for our three main cast members:
I. Rising: Greek Astronomy to Eudoxus
II. Conjunction: Greece, Babylon, and Hipparchus
III. Culmination: Ptolemy
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- A New History of Greek Mathematics , pp. 266 - 386Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022