Articles Tagged with Aristotle

When there are two truths

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Aristotle vs. Ptolemy

We point out an uneasy tension beneath an apparent unity.

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Twelve quarters

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Where the wind blows

A poetic phrase has an unexpected scientific source.

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Four elements, four humors

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Before the revolution

We conclude that it can be useful to teach something that is actually wrong.

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Saving the phenomena

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Fixed stars, part II

The Middle Ages were a hotbed of astronomical controversy in Europe.

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