Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics

By Andrew Barker

Book Overview

The science called 'harmonics' was one of the major intellectual enterprises of Greek antiquity. Ptolemy's treatise seeks to invest it with new scientific rigour; its consistently sophisticated... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521553725
• ISBN13: 9780521553728
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"