References for Geminus
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- D R Dicks, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
Books:
- E J Dijksterhuis, Gemini Elementorum astronomiae (Leiden, 1957).
- T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921).
- O Neugebauer, A history of ancient mathematical astronomy (New York, 1975).
Articles:
- A C Bowen and B R Goldstein, Geminus and the concept of mean motion in Greco-Latin astronomy, Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 50 (2) (1996), 157-185.
- S Drake, Hipparchus- Geminus- Galileo, Stud. Hist. Philos. Sci. 20 (1) (1989), 47-56.
- B L van der Waerden, Greek astronomical calendars. V. The motion of the Sun in the Parapegma of Geminos and in the Romaka-Siddhanta, Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 34 (3) (1985), 231-239.
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