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Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of His Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of His Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

Jones, Alexander

Paperback

Series: Archimedes, Book 23

Sports GeneralGeneral SociologyGeography

ISBN10: 9400730861
ISBN13: 9789400730861
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Mar 14 2012
Pages: 229
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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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