Book:Claudius Ptolemy/Almagest

Claudius Ptolemy: Almagest

Published $\text {c. $150$}$
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Subject Matter

• Celestial Mechanics

Contents

The Ptolemaic system of the model of the solar system.

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Also known as

Also known as Syntaxis Mathematica ("Mathematical Collection")

Sources

• 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {B}.25$: Kepler's Laws and Newton's Law of Gravitation
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Ptolemy, Claudius (2nd century ad)
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): trigonometry
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Ptolemy, Claudius (2nd century ad)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): trigonometry
• 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $5$: Eternal Triangles: Ptolemy
• 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $8$: The System of the World: The need for Calculus
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus) (2nd century ad)