Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae exstant omnia
Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae exstant omnia by Ptolemy is an illustrated edition published by Cambridge University Press on November 21, 2013. This volume spans 558 pages and is presented in Greek, focusing on the astronomical works of Ptolemy, a prominent figure in second-century Alexandria. The book includes the Greek text of Books 1-6 of Ptolemy’s major treatise, the Almagest, which outlines the geocentric model of the universe that dominated both the Islamic world and medieval Europe until the Copernican revolution.
Readers will find a detailed exploration of how to utilize astronomical observations to construct cosmological models, along with tables that facilitate the calculation of celestial phenomena for any given date. This edition serves as a significant resource for those interested in the history of astronomy and the foundational concepts of ancient science, reflecting the enduring influence of Ptolemy’s work on subsequent astronomical thought.
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Best known for his 1906 discovery of lost texts in the Archimedes Palimpsest, Danish scholar Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854-1928), professor of classical philology at Copenhagen, published numerous editions of ancient mathematicians, including Archimedes and Apollonius of Perga (also reissued in this series). Between 1898 and 1907, he published in three parts the extant astronomical works of Ptolemy, active in second-century Alexandria. The Ptolemaic system, his geocentric model of the universe, prevailed in the Islamic world and in medieval Europe until the time of Copernicus. This first part of Volume 1, published in 1898, contains a brief Latin preface and the Greek text of Books 1-6 of Ptolemy’s major astronomical treatise, known as the Almagest. It demonstrates how to use astronomical observations to construct cosmological models and includes tables that make it possible for celestial phenomena to be calculated for arbitrary dates.
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