Ptolemy in Perspective Ptolemy in Perspective

Ptolemy in Perspective

Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

Alexander Jones
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    • 179,99 €

Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2009
10 December
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
244
Pages
PUBLISHER
Springer Netherlands
SIZE
5.8
MB

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