Ptolemy's Almagest (eBook)

Ptolemy (Autor)

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2020
712 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21336-1 (ISBN)

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Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for more than a thousand years, and still is the main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy. This translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form. It contains numerous corrections derived from medieval Arabic translations and extensive footnotes that take account of the great progress in understanding the work made in this century, due to the discovery of Babylonian records and other researches. It is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.5.2020
• Übersetzer: G.J. Toomer
• Vorwort: Owen Gingerich
• Zusatzinfo: 219 figures 38 tables
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Schlagworte: 88 modern constellations • Achilles, Isagoge • Almagest • almanac, perpetual • Analemma • Antares • Antipodes • Apparent longitude • Apsis • Argument of latitude • Aristarchus (crater) • Aristarchus of Samos • Armillary sphere • Asger Aaboe • astrological sign • Astrology • Astronomer • astronomical chronology • Astronomical Object • Astronomy • Axial tilt • Babylonian Astronomy • Britton, J. • Calcidius • Calculation • Canis Major • Canis Minor • Canon Basileon • Capricornus • Celestial coordinate system • Celestial equator • Celestial globe • circumference • Classical planet • Colure • Conjunction (astronomy) • coordinate system • Corona Borealis • Cosmology • culmination • DBZ (meteorology) • declination • Delphinus • DIAMETER • Dionysus • Durchmusterung • ecliptic • Egyptian calendar • Elliptic orbit • Elongation (astronomy) • Empedocles • ephemeris • equant • equation of time • Euclid: Elements • Euktemon • Exeligmos • exoplanet • fractions, Greek • Geminus • Great Circle • Haedi • Heiberg, J. L. • heliocentrism • Hephaestion, astrologer • Horizon • Horoscope • hour • Hyades (star cluster) • Ideler, J. L. • Lepsius, R. • longitude • lunar eclipse • Magnitude (astronomy) • Mean anomaly • Mean longitude • Mean motion • Medusa • Mercury (planet) • Meridian circle • meridian ring • Metonic cycle • month • motion, natural • Nabopolassar, king • New Moon • Newton, R. • occultation • Oppolzer (crater) • Orbit • Orbital eccentricity • Orbital inclination • ortive amplitude • Periodic function • plumb-line • Pollux, lexicographer • Porphyrius • Position of the Sun • Proper motion • Pure Mathematics • Quantity • Right angle • Right Ascension • Sachs, A. J. • Saros (astronomy) • Saturn • Sawyer, F. W. • Scorpius • Serpens • Solar eclipse • Solar System • solar time • solstice • spherical astronomy • Spherical trigonometry • Spica • star catalogue • summer solstice • Sunset • Syrus • Taliaferro, R. C. • theoretical astronomy • Tropical year • True anomaly • True longitude • Uranus • van der Waerden, B. L. • Venus • Winter Solstice • year
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21336-4 / 0691213364
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21336-1 / 9780691213361