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...

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Autor principal: Pedersen, Olaf, 1920-1997
Altres autors: Jones, Alexander (Director editorial)
Format: Livre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: New York, NY : Springer New York [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Edició:1st ed. 2011.
Col·lecció:Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
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Edition sous un autre format:• Metabolic support of the critically ill patient, ed. D.W. Wilmore, Y.A. Carpentier, Berlin [etc], Springer-Verlag, 1993, xiv, 441 p, Update in intensive care and emergency medicine, 3-540-57154-X
• A survey of the "Almagest", Olaf Pedersen, New York, Springer, 2011, 1 vol. (480 p.), Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences, 978-0-387-84825-9
• A Survey of the Almagest, Texte imprimé, 9781493939220
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505 1 |a - Forward to the revised edition Preface The almagest through the ages Physics and philosophy in the almagest Ptolemy as a mathematician Spherical astronomy in the almagest The motion of the sun The theories of the moon Parallaxes and eclipses The fixed stars The superior planets The inferior planets Retrograde motions and maximum elongations Latitudes and visibility periods Epilogue-the other ptolemy Apendix A: dated observations Appendix B: numerical parameters Bibliography Index of names Index of subjects Supplementary notes Supplementary bibliography 
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520 |a 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 astronomy, provides supplementary information and commentary to the original text to account for scholarship that has appeared since 1974. This revision also incorporates various corrections to Pedersen's original text that have been identified since its publication. This volume is intended to provide students of the history of astronomy with a self-contained introduction to the "Almagest," helping them to understand and appreciate Ptolemy s great and classical work. From the reviews of "A Survey of the Almagest": Pedersen has performed his analysis with great care and technical accuracy. [The book] is written dearly and concisely. It certainly achieves its aim of making the 'Almagest' accessible and understandable to students of the history of astronomy. G. J. Toomer, Archives Internationales d Histoire des Sciences The organization of the 'Survey' is done in such a brilliant style that makes the technically prohibiting text of the 'Almagest' an enjoyable reading within a clear historical perspective George A. Saliba, Centaurus ['A Survey of the Almagest'] is a mine of well-organized, well-documented, carefully cross-indexed information. Indeed, the general reader will find it an eye-opening introduction to Greek mathematics Victor E. Thoren, Isis 
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