Ptolemy's Almagest

Ptolemy/ Toomer, G.J. (EDT)/ Gingerich, Owen (FRW)

Princeton University Press（1998/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 712 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780691002606
• DDC分類 520.1

Full Description

Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for more than a thousand years, and still is the main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy. This translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form. It contains numerous corrections derived from medieval Arabic translations and extensive footnotes that take account of the great progress in understanding the work made in this century, due to the discovery of Babylonian records and other researches. It is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text.

Contents

Foreword vii Addenda and Corrigenda xi Preface xv Introduction i Contents of the Almagest 27 Translation of the Almagest 33 Appendices 649 Bibliography 673 Index 683