It explained geometrical models of the planets based on combinations of circles, which could be used to predict the motions of celestial objects. In a later book, the Planetary Hypotheses, …

Ptolemy has 256 books on Goodreads with 5526 ratings. Ptolemy’s most popular book is Ptolemy's Almagest.

The book that is now generally known as the Almagest (from a hybrid of Arabic and Greek, “the greatest”) was called by Ptolemy Hē mathēmatikē syntaxis (“The Mathematical Collection”) …

Apr 27, 2019 · At head of title: Claudius Ptolemy Unabridged republication in reduced dimensions of the limited ed.: Geography of Claudius Ptolemy. New York : New York Public Library, 1932

Dec 7, 2014 · Ancient India: as Described by Ptolemy - Being a Translation of the Chapters Which Describe India and Central and Eastern Asia in the Treatise or Geography Written by Klaudios …

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Almagest, astronomical manual written about 150 CE by Ptolemy. It served as the basic guide for Islamic and European astronomers until about the beginning of the 17th century. It is divided …

Ptolemy's Geography is the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period and one of the most influential scientific works of all time. Written in the second century AD, for …