- New Arrivals
Fiction- Historical FictionCrime & ThrillersMysteryScience-FictionFantasyPoetryRomanceChildren’s BooksYoung Adult
- Biographies & MemoirsHistoryCurrent AffairsTech & ScienceBusinessSelf-DevelopmentTravelThe ArtsFood & WineReligion & SpiritualitySportsHumor
Children’s BooksListsGift CardsWhat To ReadMy ListsGames- About & Help
- About Tertulia
- Membership & Co-Ownership
- Shipping & Delivery
- Orders & Payments
- Contact Support
- Send App Feedback
- Follow us
- Download the app
The co-op bookstore for avid readers
The Almagest: Introduction to the Mathematics of the Heavens
The present selection covers all the essential features of Ptolemy's treatment of the heavens, omitting only more difficult and abstruse matters such as the moon's motion and the calculation of eclipses. In the interest of conciseness, development of planetary theories is restricted to two planets, one inferior (Venus) and one superior (Mars).
Ptolemy's text is accompanied by extensive notes and introductions that are aimed at making the book accessible to students encountering Ptolemy for the first time. This edition is designed to provide everything needed for a one-semester course, or it can be a component of a more general course on planetary theory or history of astronomy.
Book Details
- Publisher: Green Lion Press
- Publish Date: Dec 7th, 2014
- Pages: 264
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 10.00in - 7.10in - 0.60in - 1.20lb
- EAN: 9781888009439
- Categories: • Space Science - Astronomy• Space Science - Cosmology• History
More books to explore
More books by Claudius Ptolemy
What people are saying
Dubliner, FSA, FRHistS; mostly medieval with an unhealthy interest in James Joyce. Níl ann ach mo thuairim féin.https://t.co/axiJefYcA2
@IanPsDarkCorner @PaulWalsh3 @WalleyVision @AnnaMMcQuinn @IrishRainforest No, he said the term 'British Isles' was introduced by the Elizabethans, which is entirely correct, based on a reference given by a Greek-speaking, Egyptian, who was a Roman citizen: Claudius Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170). In his Almagest (c. 147-8), he refers to an island he ...
What people are saying
Dubliner, FSA, FRHistS; mostly medieval with an unhealthy interest in James Joyce. Níl ann ach mo thuairim féin.https://t.co/axiJefYcA2
@IanPsDarkCorner @PaulWalsh3 @WalleyVision @AnnaMMcQuinn @IrishRainforest No, he said the term 'British Isles' was introduced by the Elizabethans, which is entirely correct, based on a reference given by a Greek-speaking, Egyptian, who was a Roman citizen: Claudius Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170). In his Almagest (c. 147-8), he refers to an island he ...
