Title Ptolemy in perspective : use and criticism of his work from antiquity to the nineteenth century / Alexander Jones

Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 229 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Archimedes, 1385-0180 ; v. 23 Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 23. Contents An Unpublished Astronomical Papyrus Contemporary with Ptolemy; Ancient Rejection and Adoption of Ptolemy's Frame of Reference for Longitudes; Ptolemy's Doctrine of the Terms and Its Reception; The Tradition of Texts and Maps in Ptolemy's Geography; Islamic Reactions to Ptolemy's Imprecisions; The Use and Abuse of Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe: Two Case Studies (Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Filippo Fantoni); Tycho, Longomontanus, and Kepler on Ptolemy's Solar Observations and Theory, Precession of the Equinoxes, and Obliquity of the Ecliptic Summary Ptolemy was the most important physical scientist of the Roman Empire, and for a millennium and a half his writings on astronomy, astrology, and geography were models for imitation, resources for new work, and targets of criticism. This book traces reactions to Ptolemy from his own times to ours Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Ptolemy, active 2nd century SUBJECT Ptolemy., active 2nd century. cct Ptolemy, active 2nd century fast Ptolemaeus, Claudius. swd Subject Science -- History. History. History Philology Geographic Information Systems history (discipline) philology. geographic information systems. SCIENCE -- Essays. SCIENCE -- Nanoscience. SCIENCE -- Reference. Science -- History. Science Rezeption Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Caltech Conference "Ptolemy in Perspective" (2007 : Pasadena, Calif.) ISBN 9789048127887 9048127882

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