Requiring no advanced knowledge of mathematics or physics, this Encyclopedia brings together current scholarly thinking and the state of the art of astronomy in over 300 carefully researched and easy-to-grasp essays -- each written and signed by an expert. Major entries explore …
Medieval cosmology was a fusion of pagan Greek ideas and biblical descriptions of the world, especially the creation account in Genesis. Because cosmology was based on discussions of the relevant works of Aristotle, primary responsibility for its study fell to scholastic theolog…
Text, photographs, paintings, and maps explore the history of astronomy, the solar system, the universe, and new space discoveries.
Text, photographs, paintings, and maps explore the history of astronomy, the solar system, the universe, and new space discoveries.
by Gutman, Oliver, Avicenna,, Pseudo-
fromAristoteles Semitico-Latinus
When the complete works of Arabic scholar Avicenna were published in the Latin Venice edition of 1508, a short text of 16 chapters called De Cealo et mundo was included. It is a paraphrase of Aristotle's De caelo and has the look of a translation from the contemporary Arabic, bu…
