亚里士多德与《天象论》

Aristotle and His Meteorologica

亚里士多德是对气象学影响巨大的古希腊科学家,他在公元前340年左右完成的《天象论》一书是最早的气象学专著,该书使关于天气现象的知识终于成为一门系统的科学。系统梳理了《天象论》的内容和观点,重点介绍了亚里士多德在诸多天气现象,如降水、风、虹和闪电等方面的认识,以期为气象科技发展史的研究工作提供一些有意义的参考。

Aristotle is a prominent Greek scientist in meteorology.The Meteorologica,which he finished in about 340 B.C.,is the earliest meteorological treatise.It successfully led the knowledge of the weather phenomenon as a kind of systematic science.This article combeds through the views of Meteorologica,focusing on the areas of rain,wind,rainbow,lightning and so on,in order to offer some help to the study of meteorological history.