A Survey of the Almagest
With Annotation and New Commentary by Alexander Jones
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 this revised edition, Alexander Jones, a distinguished authority on the history of early astron…
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Weitere Autoren: Jones, Alexander (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-387-84826-6
- EAN: 9780387848266
- Produktnummer: 13825123
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Originaltitel: Survey of the Almagest
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 109'381 KB
- Auflage: 2011
- Abbildungen: 129 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, Bibliographie
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