libri scuola books Fumetti ebook dvd top ten sconti 0 Carrello


Torna Indietro
ARGOMENTO:  BOOKS > SCIENZA E TECNICA

jones alexander (curatore) - ptolemy in perspective
Zoom

Ptolemy in Perspective Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century




Disponibilità: Normalmente disponibile in 15 giorni


PREZZO
216,98 €
NICEPRICE
206,13 €
SCONTO
5%



Questo prodotto usufruisce delle SPEDIZIONI GRATIS
selezionando l'opzione Corriere Veloce in fase di ordine.


Pagabile anche con Carta della cultura giovani e del merito, 18App Bonus Cultura e Carta del Docente


Facebook Twitter Aggiungi commento


Spese Gratis

Dettagli

Genere:Libro
Lingua: Inglese
Pubblicazione: 11/2009
Edizione: 1





Trama

Ptolemy was the most important physical scientist of the Roman Empire, and for a millennium and a half his writings on astronomy, astrology, and geography were models for imitation, resources for new work, and targets of criticism. Ptolemy in Perspective traces reactions to Ptolemy from his own times to ours. The nine studies show the complex processes by which an ancient scientist and his work gained and subsequently lost an overreaching reputation and authority.





Sommario

An Unpublished Astronomical Papyrus Contemporary with Ptolemy.- Ancient Rejection and Adoption of Ptolemy’s Frame of Reference for Longitudes.- Ptolemy’s Doctrine of the Terms and Its Reception.- The Tradition of Texts and Maps in Ptolemy’s Geography.- Islamic Reactions to Ptolemy’s Imprecisions.- The Use and Abuse of Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe: Two Case Studies (Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Filippo Fantoni).- Tycho, Longomontanus, and Kepler on Ptolemy’s Solar Observations and Theory, Precession of the Equinoxes, and Obliquity of the Ecliptic.- Dunthorne, Mayer, and Lalande on the Secular Acceleration of the Moon.










Altre Informazioni

ISBN:

9789048127870

Condizione: Nuovo
Collana: Archimedes
Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
Formato: Copertina rigida
Illustration Notes:XV, 229 p.
Pagine Arabe: 229
Pagine Romane: xv


Dicono di noi