Research Catalog

Title

Ptolemy's Almagest / translated and annotated by G.J. Toomer ; with a foreword by Owen Gingerich.

Author

Ptolemy, active 2nd century

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.

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Additional Authors

Toomer, G. J.

Description

xvii, 693 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Almagest. English

Alternative Title

Almagest.

Subject

Astronomy > Early works to 1800

Note

• Originally published: London : Duckworth, 1984.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [673]-681) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword -- Addenda and corrigenda -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents of the Almagest -- Translation of the Almagest -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

0691002606 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98033565^

OCLC

• 39368537
• SCSB-11707683

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library