Ptolemy’s Planetary Theory: An English Translation of Book One, Part A of the Planetary Hypotheses with Introduction and Commentary

This study comprises a translation and commentary of Book I of the Planetary Hypotheses by the second century A.D. Greco-Roman astronomer, Claudius Ptolemy. It closely examines the Planetary Hypotheses on its own and in relation to Ptolemy’s other writings. Where necessary I rely on astronomical, ph...

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Main Author: Hamm, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Jones, Alexander
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/32069