Ptolemy's search for a law of refraction: a case-study in the classical methodology of ``Saving the Appearances and its limitations

zbMath0526.01004MaRDI QIDQ594849

A. Mark Smith

Publication date: 1982

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

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of science; methodology; astronomy; optics; catoptrics; dioptrics; methodological approach; reflection law; sine-law of refraction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

78-03: History of optics and electromagnetic theory

01A20: History of Greek and Roman mathematics

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