Ptolemy’s Science of the Stars in the Middle Ages - David Juste
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2020Uitgever: Brepols Publishers510 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503586392ISBN-13: 9782503586397Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100-170 AD) is one of the most influential scholars of all time. While he is also the author of treatises on geography, optics and harmonics, his fame primarily stems from two works on the science of the stars, dealing with mathematical astronomy (the Almagest) and astrology (the Tetrabiblos). The Almagest and the Tetrabiblos remained the fundamental texts on the science of the stars for some 1500 years. Both were translated several times into Arabic and Latin and were heavily ...
