The Greco-Roman mathematician Claudius Ptolemy is one of the most significant figures in the history of science. He is remembered today for his astronomy, but his philosophy is almost entirely lost to ...

The Book of Fixed Stars represents a synthesis of the astronomy works of Roman mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy (100 – 170 CE) combined with the astronomical traditions of the Arabian Peninsula as ...

Nathaniel has become an influential government minister, but things are not going well and he has worn Bartimaeus to within an inch of his essence. Jones expertly reprises his roles as the ...

Claudius Ptolemy was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and geographer who lived in the Egyptian city of Alexandria while under the rule of the Roman Empire. Much of medieval astronomy and ...

“This was a very popular geography text for learning how the world is made up and how one navigates the world,” said Tad ...

New York, NY : American Institute of Physics, [1993], ©1993. Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Kepler -- Was Ptolemy a fraud? -- Ptolemy revisited -- Zoomorphic astrolabes: Arabic star names enter Europe -- ...

From 170 BC Ptolemy VIII joined in coregency with his brother Ptolemy VI and their sister, the remarkable Cleopatra II (not to be confused with the more famous Cleopatra VII). In 168 BC Lower Egypt ...

Bound with: Ptolemy, Cosmographia (Ulm, 1482). Note: [24] l., 'Registrum' and 'De locis et mirabilibus', only. Binding: 19th century blind tooled pigskin on oak boards; clasps. Book label of William ...

He was a significant yet controversial figure in the turbulent history of ancient Macedon during the 4th century BCE. Ptolemy of Aloros (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαῖος) first emerged in historical accounts ...

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey' stars Samuel L. Jackson as Ptolemy Grey, an ailing man forgotten by his family, by his friends, and by even himself. Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker and on ...