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GebondenEngels9780674994799
In Tetrabiblos, a core text in the history of astrology, the preeminent ancient astronomer Ptolemy treats the practical use of astronomical knowledge: making predictions about individuals’ lives and the outcome of human affairs. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781804177914
16-4-2024
Ptolemy’s The Almagest brought together the ideas of Greek Antiquity, that the sun and planets revolved around the earth, the geocentric view which was used by European, Byzantine and Islamic scholars for 1400 years until Copernicus placed the sun as the focus of the solar system. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138340480
30-9-2021
First published in 1999, this volume examines Sir John Soane (1753-1837) who was one of Britain’s most inventive architects. His achievements include the Bank of England and the world’s first picture gallery at Dulwich, buildings of international importance. Meer
GebondenEngels9781138340473
30-6-2020
First published in 1999, this volume examines Sir John Soane (1753-1837) who was one of Britain’s most inventive architects. His achievements include the Bank of England and the world’s first picture gallery at Dulwich, buildings of international importance. Meer
GebondenEngels9780190202330
15-12-2016
Cleopatra of Egypt is one of history's most famous rulers, but who was responsible for founding the Ptolemaic dynasty from which she came, how, and when? Meer
PaperbackEngels9780552562805
28-10-2010
The tremendous climax of the Bartimaeus sequence. she has come to believe that the only way to destroy the magicians is with an alliance between djinn and ordinary people. Meer
GebondenEngels9780521553728
11-1-2001
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 procedural self-awareness marks it as a key text in the history of science. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780521028646
2-11-2006
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 procedural self-awareness marks it as a key text in the history of science. Meer
e-bookAnders456 blz.9789461661777
29-4-2015
First ever edition of the Latin translation of Ptolemy’s masterwork. This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke’s Latin translation of Ptolemy’s celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title Tetrabiblos or Quadripartitum (opus). Meer
gebondenEngels9780387971810
21-12-1989
Ptolemy's Almagest shares with Euclid's Elements the glory of being the scientific text longest in use. From its conception in the second century up to the late Renaissance, this work determined astronomy as a science. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780415588980
12-4-2010
Ptolemy was the creator of the longest lasting of the Hellenistic kingdoms. He created a state whose cultural importance was unparalleled until the coming of Rome. Meer
GebondenEngels9780415100205
9-12-1993
Ptolemy was the creator of the longest lasting of the Hellenistic kingdoms. He created a state whose cultural importance was unparalleled until the coming of Rome. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780691210391
24-8-2020
PaperbackEngels9781350260801
13-7-2023
paperbackEngels9781461287889
17-10-2011
Ptolemy's Almagest shares with Euclid's Elements the glory of being the scientific text longest in use. From its conception in the second century up to the late Renaissance, this work determined astronomy as a science. Meer
GebondenEngels9781315893150
29-11-2017
This easy-to-follow book offers a statistico-geometrical approach for dating ancient star catalogs. The authors' scientific methods reveal statistical properties of ancient catalogs and overcome the difficulties of their dating originated by the low accuracy of these catalogs. Meer
GebondenEngels9781498590136
15-10-2018
This book explores the effects that the Ptolemaic template developed by Claudius Ptolemy almost two thousand years ago had on the cartography and worldview of Europe through and beyond the age of European discovery. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780871698629
1-1-1996