An edition of Ptolemy in perspective
(2010)
Ptolemy in perspective
use and criticism of his work from antiquity to the nineteenth century
by Alexander Jones
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Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
Feb 25, 2012, Springer, Alexander Jones
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Ptolemy in perspective: use and criticism of his work from antiquity to the nineteenth century
2010, Springer
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Table of Contents
An unplublished astronomical papyrus contemporary with Ptolemy -- Anne Tihon
Ancient rejection and adoption of Ptolemy's frame of reference for longitudes -- Alexander Jones
Ptolemy's doctrine of the terms and its reception -- Stephan Heilen
The tradition of texts and maps in Ptolemy's Geography -- Florian Mittenhuber
Islamic reactions to Ptolemy's imprecisions -- F. Jamil Ragep
The use and abuse of Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in Renaissance and early modern Europe :
two case studies (Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Filippo Fantoni) -- H. Darrel Rutkin
Tycho, Longomontanus, and Kepler on Ptolemy's solar observations and theory, precession of the equinoxes, and obliquity of the ecliptic -- N.M. Swedlow
Dunthorne, Mayer, and Lalande on the secular acceleration of the moon -- J.M. Steele.
Edition Notes
Volume gathers most of the papers presented at the Caltech conference "Ptolemy in Perspective", held at The Division of Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology, May 31 through June 2, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229).
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