When the Earth Was Flat - E-book

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When The Earth Was Flat - ENG

Studies In Ancient Greek And Chinese Cosmology

Dirk L. Couprie

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ISBN:	9783319970523
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ciencia
Subtema:	Astronomia
Año de publicación:	2018-11-01

This bookÂ is a sequel toÂ Heaven and Earth in Ancient Greek CosmologyÂ (Springer 2011). With the help of many pictures, the reader is introduced into the way of thinking of ancient believers in a flat earth. The first part offers new interpretations of several Presocratic cosmologists and a critical discussion of Aristotle proofs that the earth is spherical. The second part explains and discusses the ancient Chinese system calledÂ gai tian. The last chapter shows that, inadvertently, ancient arguments and ideas return in the curious modern flat earth cosmologies.

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