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In Ptolemy's The Almagest, the earth is placed at the centre of the universe and the planets move in crystal spheres against a backdrop of the fixed stars. While these ideas have been swept away since the Scientific Revolution, Ptolemy's influence on astronomy was profound and long--we'll be dealing with the Y3K problem before Copernicus' time of influence catches up.
James Evans, historian and astronomer at the University of Puget Sound, believes that "staying close to the practice of astronomy means explaining a subject in enough detail for the reader to understand what the ancient astronomers actually did. As this unique book teaches you to do astronomy the old-fashioned way, you gain a deeper understanding of what the Greeks and their successors thought and did. "There is all the difference in the world between knowing about and knowing how to do," says Evans. The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy is truly hands-on history and deserves to be widely imitated. --Mary Ellen Curtin, Amazon.com
Mike Dworetsky, Physics World, July 1999
"I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to know more about the fascinating struggle to bring sense to the celestial sphere and the complicated motions of the planets..."
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The oldest surviving works of the Greek literature are the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, which were put into written form probably around the end of the eighth century B.C. Read the first page
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