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Euclid's Phaenomena

Euclid's Phaenomena A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Treatise in Spherical Astronomy - Sources and Studies in the History and Philosophy of Classical Science

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The first modern English translation of Euclid's pioneering application of spherical geometry to astronomy. Though the 4th-century BC Greek treatise was soon superseded by better astronomy, it continued to be transmitted through the Islamic and Latin Middle Ages into the Renaissance as an introduct

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ISBN: 9780815304937
Publisher: Garland
Imprint: Garland
Pub date:
DEWEY: 523
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 132
Weight: 363g
Height: 241mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 19mm