Most of Anaximander’s (second from right) ideas came to us through the writings of Aristotle.
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Anaximander and the Nature of Science
Carlo Rovelli (translated by Marion Lignana Rosenberg)
(Allen Lane)
Astronomy had been practiced in China’s government agencies for over 20 centuries, when a Jesuit missionary came along and pointed out, somewhat perplexed, that the earth is round. Why did Chinese astronomers in the 17th century, with such meticulous observations and meticulous records, still think the Earth was flat?
Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli Anaximander and the Nature of Science,…
