Geminus and the concept of mean motion in Greco-Latin astronomy

DOI10.1007/BF02327157MaRDI QIDQ1924554zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alan C. Bowen, Bernard R. Goldstein

Publication date 17 February 1997

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

zbMATH Keywords

lunar motioncalendrical cycles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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