Is There a Concept of Experimental Error in Greek Astronomy?

DOI10.1017/S0007087400025978zbMATH Open0675.01005MaRDI QIDQ3829508FDOQ3829508

Authors: Giora Hon 

Publication date: 1989

Published in: BJHS. The British Journal for the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

PtolemyHipparchusKeplerTycho

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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