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The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue - Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Gerd Grasshoff 1990 edition
The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue - Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Gerd Grasshoff
Ptolemy's Almagest shares with Euclid's Elements the glory of being the scientific text longest in use. The cautious emancipation of the late middle ages and the revolutionary creation of the new science in the 16th century are not conceivable without reference to the Almagest.
348 pages, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 21, 1989 |
| ISBN13 | 9780387971810 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Pages | 348 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 242 × 26 mm · 689 g |
| Language | English |