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Paperback The Almagest: Introduction to the Mathematics of the Heavens Book

ISBN: 1888009438

ISBN13: 9781888009439

The Almagest: Introduction to the Mathematics of the Heavens

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The Almagest is by far the greatest work in astronomy in ancient times. In a massive series of thirteen books, Ptolemy shows how every detail of the motions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars can be expressed using geometrical models that can be used to compute celestial positions with remarkable accuracy
The present selection covers all the essential features of Ptolemy's treatment of the heavens, omitting only more difficult and abstruse matters...

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