A survey of the Almagest /

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Author / Creator:	Pedersen, Olaf.
Edition:	[Rev. ed.].
Imprint:	New York : Springer, c2011.
Description:	1 online resource (480 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
Subject:	Ptolemy, -- active 2nd century. -- Almagest. Almagest (Ptolemy) Astronomy, Greek. Astronomy, Greek.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8896593

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Other authors / contributors:	Jones, Alexander.
ISBN:	9780387848266 (electronic bk.) 0387848266 (electronic bk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-480). Description based on print version record.
Summary:	& Quot;The Almagest", by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the astronomy and mathematics of the ancient world. Pedersen's 1974 publication, "A Survey of the Almagest", is the most recent in a long tradition of companions to the "Almagest'. Part paraphrase and part commentary, Pedersen's work has earned the universal praise of historians and serves as the definitive introductory text for students interested in studying the "Almagest". In.

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