Geometrical and Statistical Methods of Analysis of Star Configurations Dating Ptolemy's Almagest

by A.T. Fomenko

This easy-to-follow book offers a statistico-geometrical approach for dating ancient star catalogs. The authors' scientific methods reveal statistical properties of ancient catalogs and overcome the difficulties of their dating originated by the low accuracy of these catalogs. Methods are tested on reliably dated medieval star catalogs and applied to the star catalog of the Almagest. Here, the dating of Ptolemy's famous star catalog is reconsidered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849344832
• ISBN13: 9780849344831
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 320 Pages