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Ptolemy was the author of the astronomical treatise which is now known as the Almagest (although that was not its original name). In this work he formulated a geocentric model of the solar system which was to remain the generally accepted model in the Western and Arab worlds for more than 1300 years. The Almagest also contains a star catalogue. Its list of 48 constellations is ancestral to the modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system there were gaps between them. |
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Ptolemy was the author of the astronomical treatise which is now known as the Almagest? (although that was not its original name). In this work he formulated a geocentric model of the solar system which was to remain the generally accepted model in the Western and Arab worlds for more than 1300 years. The Almagest also contains a star catalogue. Its list of 48 constellations is ancestral to the modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system there were gaps between them. |
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Claudius Ptolemy "The Geography" in English language has been first published by Dover Publications, Inc , New York in 1 9 9 1 . It is now available at amazon.com and other book stores. |
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Claudius Ptolemy "The Geography" in English language has been first published by Dover Publications, Inc , New York in 1991 . It is now available at amazon.com and other book stores. |
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