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- ...ona]] translated the book from Arabic into Latin and gave it the title ''Almagestum''. Subsequently, the Greek text was recovered and circulated widely in E The Almagest is divided into 13 thoroughly mathematical books and [[astronomy]] and [[tr4 KB (618 words) - 21:49, 28 November 2010
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- ...(2nd century AD) Egyptian astronomer and geographer whose main work, the ''Almagest'', a compendium of contemporary astronomical knowledge, was in use into the208 B (28 words) - 21:40, 14 October 2008
- ...ona]] translated the book from Arabic into Latin and gave it the title ''Almagestum''. Subsequently, the Greek text was recovered and circulated widely in E The Almagest is divided into 13 thoroughly mathematical books and [[astronomy]] and [[tr4 KB (618 words) - 21:49, 28 November 2010
- Ptolemy's main work is the [[Almagest]], in which is compiled all the then existing astronomical knowledge. In Pt The ''Almagest'' and the ''Geographia'' had an enormous influence up until the [[Renaissan3 KB (473 words) - 17:03, 6 December 2020
- {{r|Almagest}}932 B (119 words) - 16:01, 16 January 2010
- ...t of all the celestial motions." Generally, the planetary motions in the ''Almagest'' are composed of epicycles with centers on deferents, but Ptolemy also int ...[Toledo]] (the center of learning in the Córdoba Caliphate) and Ptolemy's Almagest and most of Aristotle's astronomical and physical writings were translated23 KB (3,632 words) - 23:47, 8 April 2014
- ...losophy of Science, University of Cambridge.</ref> Ptolemy’s work, the ''Almagest'', is the largest source of information on Hipparchus. '''Ptolemy''' credit ...olabe' or star-taker made of rings or bracelets, which he described in the Almagest Book 5, chapter 1 [http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/hipparchus.html Hipparch51 KB (8,075 words) - 10:28, 17 October 2013
- ...and astronomy. He also studied Muslim jurisprudence, philosophy and the [[Almagest]].4 KB (555 words) - 07:01, 6 February 2010
- ...as later edited and increased by [[Ptolemy]] which he published in the ''[[Almagest]]'' (possibly between 127 and 150 A.D.), one of the most prominent works in5 KB (791 words) - 15:55, 23 November 2011
- ...W-a-t to populate that page. Finally, he added a few external links to [[Almagest]] for earning the partier status. Next day he came back to have a look at [ ...ut history's most serious book on the serious science of astronomy, the [[Almagest]] (did I forget to mention that [[Ptolemy]]'s work is to be taken seriously30 KB (4,816 words) - 14:13, 6 April 2015
- ...o Ireland in two of his works. In the astronomical treatise known as the ''Almagest'' he gives the latitudes of an island he calls ''Mikra Brettania'' (ΜικÏ8 KB (1,246 words) - 15:10, 22 August 2009
- ...ts that predated Ptolemy and wrote a new textbook and guide to Ptolemy's ''Almagest''. Peurbach's ''New Theory of the Planets'' (published 1454) addressed prob46 KB (7,449 words) - 00:49, 27 October 2020