{"product_id":"9783319970516","title":"When the Earth Was Flat Studies in Ancient Greek and Chinese Cosmology","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHistorical \u0026amp; Cultural Astronomy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWhen the Earth Was Flat\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eStudies in Ancient Greek and Chinese Cosmology\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDirk L. Couprie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Space Science \/ Astronomy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book is a sequel to \u003ci\u003eHeaven and Earth in Ancient Greek Cosmology \u003c\/i\u003e(Springer 2011). With the help of many pictures, the reader is introduced into the way of thinking of ancient believers in a flat earth. The first part offers new interpretations of several Presocratic cosmologists and a critical discussion of Aristotle’s proofs that the earth is spherical. The second part explains and discusses the ancient Chinese system called \u003ci\u003egai tian\u003c\/i\u003e. The last chapter shows that, inadvertently, ancient arguments and ideas return in the curious modern flat earth cosmologies.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDirk L. Couprie is a retired scholar (University of Leiden). Doctoral dissertation at University of Amsterdam with a thesis on Anaximander.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCurrent position: leader of a project on Presocratic Philosophy at the philosophical department of the faculty of philosophy and arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAreas of work: Presocratic philosophy, more especially Presocratic cosmology; also ancient cosmology in a broader perspective (ancient Egyptian, ancient Jewish, ancient Chinese).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783319970516\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e361\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51561597370508,"sku":"9783319970516","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319970516.jpg?v=1784809929","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319970516","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}