The History of Ptolemys Star Catalogue
Gerd Grashoff
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Hardback. Series: Studies in the History of Mathematics & Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 728.
Ptolemy's Almagest shares with Euclid's Elements the glory of being the scientific text longest in use. From its conception in the second century up to the late Renaissance, this work determined astronomy as a science. During this time the Almagest was not only a work on astronomy; the subject was defined as what is described in the Almagest. The cautious emancipation of the late middle ages and the revolutionary creation of the new science in the 16th century are not conceivable without reference to the Almagest. This text lifted European astronomy to the high standard of knowledge on which the ... Read more
Ptolemy's Almagest shares with Euclid's Elements the glory of being the scientific text longest in use. From its conception in the second century up to the late Renaissance, this work determined astronomy as a science. During this time the Almagest was not only a work on astronomy; the subject was defined as what is described in the Almagest. The cautious emancipation of the late middle ages and the revolutionary creation of the new science in the 16th century are not conceivable without reference to the Almagest. This text lifted European astronomy to the high standard of knowledge on which the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the History of Mathematics & Physical Sciences
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387971810
SKU
V9780387971810
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Reviews for The History of Ptolemys Star Catalogue
"Grasshoff presents a detailed study of the catalog starting with its history and then details the various controversies over the catalog from Tycho through Dreyer and R.R. Newton. His analysis considers such questions as precession and solar theory, the methods of observations, and the internal errors of the catalog. The author concludes that Hipparchus' observations were incorporated into the Ptolemaic ... Read more