Format:
1 Online-Ressource (714 p)
ISBN:
9780691213361
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0691213364
Content:
Foreword -- Addenda and corrigenda -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents of the Almagest -- Translation of the Almagest -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
"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."--Jacket
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 673-681) and index
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In English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ptolemy Ptolemy's Almagest Princeton : Princeton University Press,c1998
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
Author information:
Gingerich, Owen 1930-2023
Author information:
Toomer, Gerald J. 1934-
Author information:
Ptolemaeus, Claudius 100-178
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