The significance of ptolemy's Almagest for its early readers

DOI10.1007/s11873-010-0132-1zbMath1217.01005OpenAlexW2471863664WikidataQ83164957 ScholiaQ83164957MaRDI QIDQ2999884

Alain Bernard

Publication date: 18 May 2011

Published in: Revue de Synthèse (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11873-010-0132-1

zbMATH Keywords

astronomylate antique astrologers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80)

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• Numbers, magnitudes, ratios, and proportions in Euclid's \textit{Elements}: How did he handle them?
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