1) English-language journal 2) Medieval treatise 3) Ptolemy treatise on astronomy 4) Work by Ptolemy 5) Work on astronomy
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The Almagest is a 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths. Written in Greek by Claudius Ptolemy, a Roman era scholar of Egypt, it is one of the most influential scientific texts of all time, with its geocentric model accepted for more than twelve hundred years from its origin in H...
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[journal] Almagest is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes contributions evaluating scientific developments. Almagest addresses the philosophical assumptions behind scientific ideas and developments and the reciprocal influence between historical context and these phenomena. The journal is abstracted in the Philosophy Research In...
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textbook or handbook, especially dealing with astronomy
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• (n.) The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.
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astronomical manual written about 150 by Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus of Alexandria). It served as the basic guide for Islamic and European ... [17 related articles]
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Detail from Book X, Chapter 7, of a 13th century translation of the Almagest made from Arabic to Latin in Spain in 1175 by Gerard of Cremona. This image illustrates Ptolemy's kinematic model for the motion of the superior planets – Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The Arabic title of Ptolemy`s S...
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Book compiled by the Egyptian astronomer
Ptolemy during the 2nd century, which included the idea of an Earth-centred universe; it was translated into Arabic in the 9th century. Some medieval books...
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Al'ma·gest noun [ French
almageste , Late Latin
almageste , Arabic
al-majistī , from Greek ... (sc. ...), the greatest composition.] The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the anci...
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(italics) a Greek work on astronomy by Ptolemy. · (l.c.) any of various medieval works of a like kind, as on astrology or alchemy.
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