Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth CenturyAlexander Jones Springer Science & Business Media, 10 dec 2009 - 229 pagina's Ptolemy was the most important physical scientist of the Roman Empire, and for a millennium and a half his writings on astronomy, astrology, and geography were models for imitation, resources for new work, and targets of criticism. Ptolemy in Perspective traces reactions to Ptolemy from his own times to ours. The nine studies show the complex processes by which an ancient scientist and his work gained and subsequently lost an overreaching reputation and authority. |
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Ptolemys Doctrine of the Terms and Its Reception | 45 |
The Tradition of Texts and Maps in Ptolemys Geography | 95 |
Islamic Reactions to Ptolemys Imprecisions 121 | 120 |
The Use and Abuse of Ptolemys Tetrabiblos in Renaissance and Early | 135 |
Tycho Longomontanus and Kepler on Ptolemys Solar Observations | 151 |
Dunthorne Mayer and Lalande on the Secular Acceleration of the Moon | 203 |
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