tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14117162.post112812945197991453..comments2024-03-28T02:29:26.853-07:00Comments on Obscure and Confused Ideas: The reasonable effectiveness of mathematics... for PtolemyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14117162.post-1137597352385782972006-01-18T07:15:00.000-08:002006-01-18T07:15:00.000-08:00Another interesting datum about the place of astro...Another interesting datum about the place of astronomy in ancient accounts of nature: Aristotle classes it as mathematics in <I>Metaphysics</I> Lambda, but as physics in <I>Physics</I> and <I>De Caelo</I> -- though (roughly) as the branch of physics closest to mathmatics.Greg Frost-Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563986984421570652noreply@blogger.com