The Trouble with Ptolemy

DOI10.1086/343243zbMATH Open1010.01002OpenAlexW1572684046MaRDI QIDQ3147188FDOQ3147188

Authors: Owen Gingerich 

Publication date: 8 May 2003

Published in: Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/343243

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zbMATH Keywords

HipparchusRobert Newton

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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