bokomslag Ptolemy's First Commentator: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 80, Part 7)
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Ptolemy's First Commentator: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 80, Part 7)

Alexander Jones

Häftad

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  • 61 sidor
  • 1990
This is a print on demand publication. The early recognition of Ptolemy's major astronomical writings, the "Almagest" (or "Syntaxis") & the later "Handy Tables," has become a commonplace in histories of ancient astronomy. But the crucial century & a half between Ptolemy & the commentator Pappus, during which Ptolemy's works were first circulated & gained preeminence, is for mathematical astronomy as nearly barren of documents as the three centuries between Hipparchus & Ptolemy. The fragmentary text with which this monograph is concerned casts some light on both these murky periods. Moreover, it preserves quotations from Artemidorus, a still earlier critic of Ptolemy's innovations, & Apollinarius, a prominent astronomer from the time before Ptolemy. Illustrations.

  • Författare: Alexander Jones
  • Format: Häftad
  • ISBN: 9780871698070
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 61
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1990-01-01
  • Förlag: American Philosophical Society Press