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Ptolemy's First Commentator: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 80, Part 7)

Ptolemy's First Commentator: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 80, Part 7)

Jones, Alexander

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Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Book 10

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ISBN10: 0871698072
ISBN13: 9780871698070
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: Jan 1 1990
Pages: 61
Language: English
This is a print on demand publication. The early recognition of Ptolemy's major astronomical writings, the Almagest (or Syntaxis) & the later Handy Tables, has become a commonplace in histories of ancient astronomy. But the crucial century & a half between Ptolemy & the commentator Pappus, during which Ptolemy's works were first circulated & gained preeminence, is for mathematical astronomy as nearly barren of documents as the three centuries between Hipparchus & Ptolemy. The fragmentary text with which this monograph is concerned casts some light on both these murky periods. Moreover, it preserves quotations from Artemidorus, a still earlier critic of Ptolemy's innovations, & Apollinarius, a prominent astronomer from the time before Ptolemy. Illustrations.

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