The Book of Astronomy in Antiquity (Concise Edition)

by Ptolemy

Ptolemy's work in ancient times laid the foundations for our modern understanding of the universe. Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader.

Ptolemy's great astronomical work, which we know as The Almagest, brought together the ideas of Greek Antiquity, based on Aristotle some 400 years earlier, that the sun and planets revolved around the earth. This geocentric view which was inherited by Byzantine and Islamic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804177911
• ISBN13: 9781804177914
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Flame Tree 451
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"