Ptolemy’s Cosmology in Greek and Arabic - Ptolemy; Paul Hullmeine
The Background and Legacy of the Planetary Hypotheses
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2024Uitgever: Brepols Publishers479 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503607179ISBN-13: 9782503607177Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary Ptolemy's Almagest (2nd century AD) is the most influential work of ancient and medieval astronomy. This work, however, does not tell us the full story about its author's views of the heavens. After completing the Almagest, Ptolemy turned his attention to a physical investigation of celestial motions. The result is the Planetary Hypotheses, a bold attempt to provide a celestial physics that coheres with the mathematical account of astronomical observations in his Almagest. This book provides the f...
