Code: 01972803
Ptolemy in Perspective
by Alexander Jones
This book traces reactions to Ptolemy from his own times to ours. It shows the complex processes by which an ancient scientist and his work gained and subsequently lost an overreaching reputation and authority. ... more
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English - Binding: Hardback
- Number of pages: 229
Publisher: Springer, 2009
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This book traces reactions to Ptolemy from his own times to ours. It shows the complex processes by which an ancient scientist and his work gained and subsequently lost an overreaching reputation and authority.
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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues History of science
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- Full title: Ptolemy in Perspective
- Subtitle: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
- Author: Alexander Jones
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardback
- Number of pages: 229
- EAN: 9789048127870
- ISBN: 9048127874
- ID: 01972803
- Publisher: Springer
- Weight: 1160 g
- Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 23 mm
- Date of publishing: 01. November 2009
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