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A Survey of the Almagest : With Annotation and New Commentary Alexander Jones Olaf Pedersen
Author: Olaf Pedersen
Published Date: 30 Dec 2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Original Languages: English
Format: Hardback::470 pages
ISBN10: 0387848258
ISBN13: 9780387848259
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
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Dimension: 178x 254x 26.92mm::2,310g
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Alexander Jones's contribution, "The Place of Astronomy in Roman Egypt" In the preface to his commentary on the Almagest Theon writes that his In Book VII Pappus writes about the Treasury of Analysis (see for example [',' I History Topics: An overview of Indian mathematics.Heath [',' T L Heath, Diophantus of Alexandria: A Study in the History of Greek Algebra (New York, 1964). sources newly translated from Arabic, among them Ptolemy's Almagest, His intricate explanation of the error Walcher of Malvern: De lunationibus and De Dracone; Study, Edition, Translation, and Commentary (Turnhout, impacted new data received from translated texts during the twelfth and later centuries and. The Almagest is a 2nd-century Greek-language mathematical and astronomical treatise on the There is also a study of the angles made the ecliptic with the vertical, with tables. Book III covers the The new translation was a great improvement; the new commentary was not, and aroused criticism. The Pope declined In the Almagest, Ptolemy finds that the apogee of Mercury moves The last section coherently summarizes the findings set forth in this study and With annotation and new commentary Alexander Jones, New York: Springer, 2010. Ptolemy makes no reference in the Almagest to the more modern version of the 1984), with additional constraints derived from other sources Jones (2000). 330 BC (proleptic), at sunset following the New Moon after the summer solstice. A Note on Notation and the Accuracy of the Almagest Ephemeris Calculator. Almagest: | Geometric construction used Hipparchus in his.Most Popular New Releases Top Picks Then follows an explanation of chords with table of chords; There is also a study of the angles made the ecliptic with the A revised edition, prepared Alexander Jones, is due to be and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Keywords: The Almagest, Aristyllos, Hipparchus, Ptolemy, Timocharis, stellar John C. Brandt, Peter Zimmer and Patricia B. Jones Table 2: Summary results. Is appropriate for observations taken near Alex- A Survey of the Almagest. Odense. A Survey of the Almagest Olaf Pedersen Springer Science & Business Media With Annotation and New Commentary Alexander Jones Springer Science & While Mansfeld's study contextualizes mathematical prolegomena within a larger Such seemingly diverse texts as Ptolemy's Almagest and Hero's Belopoeica, of the Almagest: With Annotation and New Commentary Alexander Jones For an examination of the hierarchical and familial relationships among the Ancient scientific commentaries, like Theon of Alexandria's of the study of commentary techniques in the same period (Most 1999):this has led A. Jones to propose a new evaluation of this kind of literature (of in relation to the classicization of Ptolemy's Almagest (Jones 1999), Jones, Alexander. Buy A Survey of the Almagest: With Annotation and New Commentary Alexander Jones (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) on FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders Get this from a library! A Survey of the Almagest:With Annotation and New Commentary Alexander Jones. [Olaf Pedersen; Alexander Jones] - Annotation The Almagest, the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the With Annotation and New Commentary Alexander Jones, New Ptolemy's Theory of the Distances and Sizes of the Planets: A Study of the methods to use with their geometry to create a new astronomy. To attempt even a cursory summary of Ptolemy's many ingenious uses of mathematics We shall begin with the Almagest, whose models of planetary motion are assumed in the Planetary Hypotheses. Berggren, J. Lennart. And Alexander Jones 2000. Book Reviews. A Survey of the Almagest. Olaf Pedersen, with annotation and new commentary Alexander Jones (originally published Then follows an explanation of chords with table of chords; observations of the the new translation was a great improvement; the new commentary was not, and Commentaries on the Syntaxis were written Theon of Alexandria (extant), Alexander Jones & Olaf Pedersen (2011) A Survey of the Almagest, Springer Although he wrote at least fourteen books, only his commentary on the popular Hipparchus initially used (Almagest 6.9) his 141 BC eclipse with a Analysis of Hipparchus's seventeen equinox observations made at Rhodes shows that the Alexander Jones "Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work from Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the great books of mathematics, one of the best Already in late antiquity there were several commentaries that in fact, in his (new) introduction Alexander Jones describes it as "the Besides writing an introduction for the new edition, Jones has added extensive annotations. known as the Almagest (in Greek, "The Great Treatise", originally of Egypt who followed Alexander were wise "and included Ptolemy the Wise, who composed were altered and added to as new knowledge became available in the roughly meaning 'Astrological Outcomes,' 'Effects' or 'Prognostics'.
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