The Dream of the West, Pt II, Parte2This volume looks at the ancient heritage of Greek philosophy and Mesopotamian astronomy and examines the history of map-making, coastal and celestial navigation and astronomy from 1487-1727. |
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Contenido
THE LIGHT OF THE OCCIDENT THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS Introduction | 1 |
The Milesians | 6 |
Pythagoras | 21 |
Heracleitus | 32 |
Parmenides | 37 |
Empedocles | 42 |
Anaxagoras | 50 |
Democritus | 53 |
Logs Depth Finders and the Nautical Mile | 254 |
Great Circle Sailing and the Gnomonic Projection | 258 |
Portolan Charts | 266 |
Geographia of Ptolemy | 277 |
Mercator and the Mercator Projection | 298 |
Surveying and Coastal Navigation | 321 |
SIGNPOSTS IN THE HEAVENS 25 Early Navigation Instruments | 333 |
The Astrolabe and the CrossStaff | 340 |
Plato | 61 |
Classical Geometry | 102 |
Aristotle | 121 |
PART II THE MAJESTY OF OLYMPUS | 141 |
Babylonian Astronomy and Astrology | 143 |
The Celestial Sphere and the Sundial | 165 |
Early Greek Astronomers | 181 |
Hipparchus | 193 |
Ptolemy | 207 |
The Occidental Calendar | 216 |
Medieval Astronomy | 224 |
TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH 18 The Mariners Compass | 241 |
Reflecting Instruments and the Chronometer | 362 |
Celestial Navigation | 382 |
THE REVELATION OF GODS GLORY | 405 |
Andreas Vesalius | 424 |
Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler | 443 |
William Harvey | 467 |
Christiaan Huygens | 492 |
Robert Hooke | 508 |
Isaac Newton | 524 |
Epilogue | 538 |
Glossary | 557 |
Términos y frases comunes
15th century Almagest altitude Anaximander ancient angle animals appeared Arabic Aries Aristotle Aristotle’s astrolabe astrology astronomical atoms Babylonian believed Book calculated called cartographers celestial bodies celestial navigation celestial sphere century charts circle concept Copernicus Cosmos determine developed diameter discussed distance Earth eccentric eclipse ecliptic Elements epicycle equal equator equinox fixed stars Galileo Geographia Greek Heavens Hipparchus horizon Hour Angle ibid ideas instrument Kepler knowledge later latitude length longitude lunar mathematics means measure meridian method modern Moon’s motion moved nature nautical navigation observations orbit Parmenides pendulum period philosophical planetary planets Plato Portuguese position principle projection Ptolemy Ptolemy’s published quadrant rhumb line sailing sextant shadow sidereal sight Socrates solar solstice Soul sphere spherical straight line substance Sun’s synodic synodic months synodic periods tables telescope Theorem theory things triangle Universe virtue voyage Zodiac
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Dream of the West, Pt II, Parte2 |
| Autor | Brian Lasater |
| Editor | Lulu.com, 2008 |
| ISBN | 143031382X, 9781430313823 |
| Largo | 600 páginas |
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