The introduction of dated observations and precise measurement in Greek astronomy

DOI10.1007/BF00375347zbMath0767.01004OpenAlexW2016991071MaRDI QIDQ1205965

Alan C. Bowen, Bernard R. Goldstein

Publication date: 1 April 1993

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00375347

zbMATH Keywords

ArchimedesAristyllusastronomical observationsTimocharis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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