Ptolemy's Almagest

by: Toomer, G.J.

Price: 145,00 EURO

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Ptolemy's Almagest

Authors:Ptolemy, G. J. Toomer

Summary:Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for more than a thousand years, and still is the main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy. This translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form. It contains numerous corrections derived from medieval Arabic translations and extensive footnotes that take account of the great progress in understanding the work made in this century, due to the discovery of Babylonian records and other researches. It is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text

Series:
Duckworth classical, medieval, and renaissance editions

ix, 693 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Contents:
Foreword
Addenda and corrigenda
Preface
Introduction
Contents of the Almagest
Translation of the Almagest
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Originally published: London : Duckworth, 1984

Subjects:
Astronomie
Astronomie Ouvrages avant 1800
Astronomy
Astronomy - Early works
Astronomy Early works to 1800
Early works
Sterrenkunde

Ptolemy's Almagest

by: Toomer, G.J.

• ISBN-13: 9780715615881 / 978-0-7156-1588-1
• ISBN-03: 0715615882 / 0-7156-1588-2
• Duckworth, London, 1984

Price: 145,00 EURO

1 copy in stock