by Gerd Gra ßhoff (Author)
Ptolemy's Almagest shares with Euclid's Elements the glory of being the scientific text longest in use. The cautious emancipation of the late middle ages and the revolutionary creation of the new science in the 16th century are not conceivable without reference to the Almagest.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 347
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: 11 Jan 1990
ISBN 10: 0387971815
ISBN 13: 9780387971810