Galileo and the Almagest, c.1589-1592

Galileo and the Almagest, c.1589-1592

How Ptolemaic Astronomy Influenced Galileo's Early Writings on Motion

Malara, Ivan

Springer International Publishing AG

11/2024

115

Dura

9783031706134

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1. Introduction.- 2. Why a Commentary?.- 3. Disentangling the Ptolemaic from the Aristotelian.- 4. Galileo as a Commentator on Almagest.- 5. Concluding Remarks.
Galileo;Ptolemy;Almagest;Theon of Alexandria ;Copernicus;Early moden science;De motu antiquiora;Aristotle;Astronomy;Mathematics;Philosophy;Motion;Cosmology;Gravity;Geocentricism;Antiquity