Olaf Pedersen: 1 book
A Survey of the Almagest
With Annotation and New Commentary by Alexander Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
The Almagest, by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the astronomy and mathematics of the ancient world.
Pedersen's 1974 publication, A Survey of the Almagest, is...
