Overview
- First comprehensive study of the "afterlife" of one of antiquity's greatest scientists
- Shows how the study of the past has persistently intertwined with current science
- Important new insights from recently discovered or little-studied documents
Part of the book series: Archimedes (ARIM, volume 23)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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. Ptolemy in Perspective traces reactions to Ptolemy from his own times to ours. The nine studies show the complex processes by which an ancient scientist and his work gained and subsequently lost an overreaching reputation and authority.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ptolemy in Perspective
Book Subtitle: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
Editors: Alexander Jones
Series Title: Archimedes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2788-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2787-0Published: 26 November 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3086-1Published: 14 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2788-7Published: 10 December 2009
Series ISSN: 1385-0180
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0064
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 229
Topics: History of Science, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Classical Studies, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, History, general