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Archimedes - 23: Ptolemy in Perspective

Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

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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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Archimedes - 23: Ptolemy in Perspective, Alexander Jones

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Titul
Archimedes - 23: Ptolemy in Perspective
Podtitul
Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
Springer
Rok vydania
2009
Väzba
pevná
Počet strán
248
ISBN10
9048127874
ISBN13
9789048127870
Série
Anotácia
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.