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Greece - Greek Astronomy

Information on the Greeks' constellations, measurement, geometry, and the solar system.

What Are the Names of the Constellations in Latin

What are the Latin names for the constellations? Here is a list of the 48 from Ptolemy with their English, Latin, and abbreviated forms.

Aristarchus

Aristarchus was an ancient astronomer with a lunar crater named for him.

Antikythera Mechanism

The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient calculator referred to as the first mechanical computer.

Anaximander

Anaximander is credited with inventing the gnomon on the sundial and with drawing a map of the world in which people live.

Early Greek Scientists Struggle to Explain the Heavens

Ellen Brundige describes the interaction between Egypt, the Near Eastern and Ionian Greeks in the understanding of the workings of the solar system.

How the Greeks Used Geometry

University of Virginia's Michael Fowler explains how Plato, Aristotle, Eudoxus and others used circular paths (orbits) to explain observed astronomical phenomena.

Measuring the Solar System

Michael Fowler lecture. Eratosthenes measurement of Earth's diameter, Aristarchus on the distance to the moon, and the distance to the sun.

Presentations for Greek Science

Student papers for Tufts University. Includes: The Golden Section, Inventing the Solar System, Thales, and Categories of Greek Mathematics.

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