Kinematic Modelling in Greek Astronomy: The Design of Heavenly Mechanisms

Teun Koetsier

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-98499-1_23

Kinematic Modelling in Greek Astronomy: The Design of Heavenly Mechanisms

Teun Koetsier^*

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Mathematics

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Abstract

The Babylonian astronomers kept a close track of the phenomena in the sky in a tradition based on arithmetic. The Greeks introduced a completely new approach. They developed kinematical models to explain the phenomena. These models are idealized mechanisms. In memory of Stephanos Paipetis and Carlos López-Cajún we give in this paper a brief survey of the development of the heavenly mechanisms the Greeks designed to explain the motion of the stars, the Sun, the Moon and the planets. Carlos and Stephanos were my colleagues and my friends. They passed away in 2020. I shared with them the admiration for the mathematicians and engineers of classical antiquity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms
Subtitle of host publication	7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM)
Editors	Marco Ceccarelli, Rafael López-García
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages	279-291
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030984991
ISBN (Print)	9783030984984, 9783030985011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98499-1_23
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms, HMM 2022 - Jaén, Spain Duration: 28 Apr 2022 → 30 Apr 2022

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Name	History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS)
Publisher	Springer
Volume	40
ISSN (Print)	1875-3442
ISSN (Electronic)	1875-3426

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Conference	7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms, HMM 2022
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Jaén
Period	28/04/22 → 30/04/22

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Keywords

Autolykos
Eudoxus
Greek astronomy
Hipparchus
History of kinematics
Plato
Ptolemy

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Koetsier, T. (2022). Kinematic Modelling in Greek Astronomy: The Design of Heavenly Mechanisms. In M. Ceccarelli, & R. López-García (Eds.), Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms: 7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM) (pp. 279-291). (History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS); Vol. 40). Springer Science and Business Media B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98499-1_23

Koetsier, Teun. / Kinematic Modelling in Greek Astronomy: The Design of Heavenly Mechanisms. Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms: 7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM). editor / Marco Ceccarelli ; Rafael López-García. Cham : Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2022. pp. 279-291 (History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS)).

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Koetsier, T 2022, Kinematic Modelling in Greek Astronomy: The Design of Heavenly Mechanisms. in M Ceccarelli & R López-García (eds), Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms: 7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM). History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS), vol. 40, Springer Science and Business Media B.V., Cham, pp. 279-291, 7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms, HMM 2022, Jaén, Spain, 28/04/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98499-1_23

Kinematic Modelling in Greek Astronomy: The Design of Heavenly Mechanisms. / Koetsier, Teun.
Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms: 7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM). ed. / Marco Ceccarelli; Rafael López-García. Cham: Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2022. p. 279-291 (History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS); Vol. 40).

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Koetsier T. Kinematic Modelling in Greek Astronomy: The Design of Heavenly Mechanisms. In Ceccarelli M, López-García R, editors, Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms: 7th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM). Cham: Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2022. p. 279-291. (History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS)). Epub 2022 Apr 7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-98499-1_23

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