- The
Almagest (/ˈælmədʒɛst/ AL-mə-jest) is a 2nd-century
mathematical and
astronomical treatise on the
apparent motions of the
stars and
planetary paths...
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European science. The
first was his
astronomical treatise now
known as the
Almagest,
originally entitled Mathematical Treatise (Gr****: Μαθηματικὴ Σύνταξις...
- of Riccioli's most
significant works was his 1651
Almagestum Novum (New
Almagest), an
encyclopedic work
consisting of over 1500
folio pages (38 cm x 25 cm)...
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influential practitioner of Gr****
astronomy was Ptolemy,
whose treatise Almagest shaped astronomical thinking until the
modern era. Most of the most prominent...
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interrelations between the six
trigonometric lines ****ociated with an arc. His
Almagest was
widely read by
medieval Arabic astronomers in the
centuries after his...
- the
surviving text of Ptolemy's
Almagest,
based on the
title of her
father Theon's
commentary on Book III of the
Almagest.
Hypatia constructed astrolabes...
- second-century
Almagest; and
additional references to him in the
fourth century by
Pappus and
Theon of
Alexandria in
their commentaries on the
Almagest. Hipparchus's...
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zodiac is
described in Ptolemy's
comprehensive 2nd
century AD work, the
Almagest.
Although the
zodiac remains the
basis of the
ecliptic coordinate system...
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listed by Ptolemy, a Greco-Roman
astronomer from Alexandria, Egypt, in his
Almagest. The
formation of
constellations was the
subject of
extensive mythology...
- (Correction of the
Almagest)
influenced Islamic, Jewish, and
Christian astronomers. This work is a
commentary and
reworking of Ptolemy's
Almagest and is the first...
