Science before Socrates : Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and the new astronomy / Daniel W. Graham.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

xiii, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Introduction: cosmic conjunctions -- Looking for science -- Azure pastures: an early ionian model -- Borrowed light: the insights of parmenides -- Empire of the sun: implications of heliophotism, and a new model -- Darkened suns and falling stars: heaven-sent proofs -- Lunar revolutions: the triumph of the new astronomy -- The geometry of the heavens.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.