The Trouble with Ptolemy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3356540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Owen Gingerich (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 70-74 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Isis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/343243 |
| OpenAlex | W1572684046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Ptolemy's Almagest, a brilliant treatise on theoretical astronomy combined with a practical handbook for computation, includes many compromises to reconcile discordant observations. This defense of Ptolemy examines in some detail a critical case concerning the model for Venus, which has sometimes been used as evidence for Ptolemy's perfidy. There the Alexandrian astronomer demonstrated his ingenuity when orbital constraints made it impossible to obtain directly the observed configurations he might have preferred
Astronomer · Astronomy · Computation · Epistemology · Ingenuity · Physics · Programming language · Ptolemy's table of chords · Classics · Computer Science · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Historical Philosophy and Science · History · History and Developments in Astronomy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |