Geminos's "Introduction to the Phenomena"
Subtitle: A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Survey of Astronomy
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: October 9, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780691123394
Subjects: Cosmology & the universe; Science; Astronomy, Greek; Science/Mathematics; Ancient Greece; Astronomy - General; History; Astronomy and Cosmology; Classics; History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science; History of science; Science / Astronomy; Astronomy; Early works to 1800; Textbooks
First sentence: Geminos, a Greek scientific writer of wide-ranging interests, has been assigned dates ranging from the first century B.C. to the first century A.D., with, we believe, the first century B.C. the more likely.