Greco-Roman Astronomy: The History of the Scientific Advances Made in Cosmology by the Ancient Greeks and Romans

In virtually all fields of human endeavor, Classical Athens was so much at the forefront of dynamism and innovation that the products of its most brilliant minds remain not only influential but still relevant to this day. Athens produced innovative mathematicians, natural philosophers, historians, astronomers and politicians that the city's great schools nurtured and produced, and Greek scientists would revolutionize astronomy.

The stars guided navigation and agricultural timing, and many pe...