Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for more than a thousand years, and still is the main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy. This translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form. It contains numerous corrections derived from medieval Arabic translations and extensive footnotes that take account of the great progress in understanding the work made in this century, due to the discovery of Babylonian records and other researches. It is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English German
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
01
Claudii Ptolemaei Magnae constructionis, liber primus: cum Theonis Alexandrini commentariis Io. Baptista Porta Neapolitano inprete
2000, Edizioni scientifiche italiane
in Latin
8881149788 9788881149780
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
02 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
03
Der Sternkatalog des Almagest: die arabisch-mittelalterliche Tradition
1986, Harrassowitz, Harrassowitz Verlag
in German
3447025816 9783447025812
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
04 |
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
05 |
eeee
|
06 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
07 |
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
08 |
zzzz
|
09 |
zzzz
|
10 |
zzzz
|
11 |
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
12
The almagest: The harmonies of the world: V ; Johannes Kepler.
1952, Encyclopaedia Britannica
in English
0852295316 9780852295311
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
13 |
zzzz
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Bibliography, p673-681. - Includes index.
Translation of, Almagest.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created November 10, 2008
- 6 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
October 21, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | merge works |
October 18, 2010 | Edited by Alan Millar | merge authors |
August 19, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
April 16, 2010 | Edited by bgimpertBot | Added goodreads ID. |
November 10, 2008 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from Talis record |