Ancient Astronomy

Ancient Astronomy, Science And The Ancient Greeks

In fact, this assumption is incorrect and, whilst the Ancient Greek astronomers made huge contributions to astronomy, their knowledge was built upon the solid foundations laid by other great cultures. The Mesopotamian [1] and Zoroastrian astronomers and astrologers, in the Fertile Crescent and the empty deserts of Persia, made many sophisticated observations and devised complex theories to desc...

Ancient Astronomy, Science And The Ancient Greeks

In fact, this assumption is incorrect and, whilst the Ancient Greek astronomers made huge contributions to astronomy, their knowledge was built upon the solid foundations laid by other great cultures. The Mesopotamian [1] and Zoroastrian astronomers and astrologers, in the Fertile Crescent and the empty deserts of Persia, made many sophisticated observations and devised complex theories to desc...

Mathematical Methods in Ancient Astronomy

1. Chronological remarks. The main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy is Ptolemy. His Mathematical composition, commonly known as the Almagest, quotes observations of his own ranging from 127 to 142 A.D. [35; 36; 37]. This work seems to be the earliest of a whole series of fundamental works, such as his Geography [41 ], the Tetrabiblos [39; 40], and so on, whose influence on mediaeva...

The History of Ancient Astronomy: Problems and Methods*

The Coherence and Incoherence among the Order of Effusion, Physics, and Ancient Astronomy from the Perspective of Muslim Philosophers

  The present article deals with coherence and incoherence among the theories of the order of effusion, physics and ancient astronomy. There is no coherence between these fields in the view of Plotinus who is the innovator of the theory of effusion, while there is a coherence and correlation among these orders in Farabichr('39')s philosophy. In this regard Ibn Sina, Ikhwan al-Safa , Shaykh al-...