Ptolemy's Universe: The Natural Philosophical and Ethical Foundations of Ptolemy's Astronomy 0812692284, 9780812692280
Claudius Ptolemy, one of the greatest scientists of all time, probably lived in Alexandria in the second century A.D. Hi
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Ptolemy^ Universe
Ptolemy's
Universe
Ptolemy's
Universe The Natural Philosophical and Ethical Foundations
ofPtolemys Astronomy
Liba Chaia Taub
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COURT
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frontispiece illustration is taken from: Sacro Bosco, Textus De Sphera, Paris, 1500. The cover illustration is from: [Sphaera mundi],
The
[Venice],
Erhard Ratdolt, 1485.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Taub, Liba Chaia, 1954Ptolemy's universe: the natural philosophical and ethical foundations of Ptolemy's astronomy / Liba Chaia Taub. p.
cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8126-9228-4. ISBN 0-8126-9229-2 (pbk.) 1. Astronomy, Ancient. 2. Cosmology. 3. Ptolemy, 2nd cent.
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