A Survey of the Almagest: With Annotation and New Commentary by Alexander Jones

by Olaf Pedersen

The Almagest, by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the astronomy and mathematics of the ancient world.

Pedersen's 1974 publication, A Survey of the Almagest, is the most recent in a long tradition of companions to the Almagest. Part paraphrase and part commentary, Pedersen's work has earned the universal praise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387848258
• ISBN13: 9780387848259
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"