Ptolemy's Almagest / / Ptolemy; ed. by G. J. Toomer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Ptolemy,
• TeilnehmendeR: Gingerich, Owen.
• HerausgeberIn: Toomer, G. J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (712 p.) :; 219 figures 38 tables

Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for more than a thousand years, and still is the main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy. This translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form. It contains numerous corrections derived from medieval Arabic translations and extensive footnotes that take account of the great progress in understanding the work made in this century, due to the discovery of Babylonian records and other researches. It is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Addenda and Corrigenda -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents of the Almagest -- Translation of the ALMAGEST -- Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Book IV -- Book V -- Book VI -- Book VII -- Book VIII -- Book IX -- Book X -- Book XI -- Book XII -- Book XIII -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index