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  • PASCHOS E. A., SOTIROUDIS P.

    Language: English

    Published by World Scientific, 1988

    ISBN 10: 9810234899 ISBN 13: 9789810234898

    Seller: Librairie l'Art et l'Affiche, Nice, France

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    Couverture rigide. Condition: Comme neuf. Jaquette. Edition originale. ** France : Par défaut Livraison STANDARD en Relais Colis / PRIORITAIRE : Livraison à domicile ** World Scientific, 1998. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo bound in full brown faux leather, with pictorial DJ (approx. 6.3 x 8.6 in.), 214 pages. Ill. with numerous b/w diagrams and reproductions, 2 colour plates. Most of the knowledge of ancient Greek science survived through Byzantine codices. A short Byzantine article, extant in three manuscripts, contains advanced astronomical ideas and pre-Copernican diagrams; it presents improvements on ancient and medieval astronomy. This important book includes the edited version and translation of the text and analyzes its content. It surveys the development of astronomical models from Ptolemy to Byzantium and compares them mathematically with several works of Arab astronomers, as well as with the heliocentric system of Copernicus and Newton. Copy in mint condition. *//* World Scientific, 1998. Éd° originale. Cartonnage in-8 relié simili-cuir (16 x 22 cm), jaquette ill., 214 pp (texte en Anglais). Ill. de photographies, diagrammes, reproductions in et hors-texte, 2 planches en coul. La plupart des connaissances de la science grecque ancienne ont survécu à travers les codex byzantins. L'un d'eux, existant dans trois manuscrits, contient des idées astronomiques avancées et des diagrammes pré-coperniciens. Ce livre présente la version éditée et la traduction de ce texte et analyse son contenu. Il étudie le développement de modèles astronomiques de Ptolémée à Byzance et les compare mathématiquement avec plusieurs travaux d?astronomes arabes, ainsi qu?avec le système héliocentrique de Copernic et Newton. Exemplaire comme neuf. - ISBN 9789810234898 - Weight / Poids livre : 456 g, ép. 15 mm. Livre.

  • PASCHOS, E. A. & SOTIROUDIS, P.

    Seller: Mikazuki Books, Kunitachi, TOKYO, Japan

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    Condition: Very Good. dw. 22.5cm. xiv,213pp.