The Book of Astronomy in Antiquity (Concise Edition)

Ptolemy; Christián Carman (Introduction by)

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 ...