TY - BOOK ID - 14305224 TI - Ptolemy in perspective : use and criticism of his work from antiquity to the nineteenth century AU - Jones, Alexander. AU - California Institute of Technology. PY - 2010 SN - 9048127874 9400730861 9048127882 PB - Dordrecht ; London : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Ptolemy, 2nd cent. KW - Science -- History. KW - Science, Ancient. KW - Science, Ancient KW - History & Archaeology KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - History - General KW - Sciences - General KW - History KW - Astronomy, Ancient. KW - Ptolemy, KW - History and criticism. KW - Ancient astronomy KW - Baṭlamyūs, KW - Ptholomeus, KW - Ptolemaeus, Claudius, KW - Ptolemaios, Klaudios, KW - Ptolemaus, Claudius, KW - Ptolémée, Claude, KW - Ptolemeĭ, Klavdiĭ, KW - Ptolemy, Claudius, KW - Tolemeo, Claudio, KW - Tolomeo, Claudio, KW - بطليموس KW - بطلميوس KW - History. KW - Philology. KW - Geographical information systems. KW - Observations, Astronomical. KW - Astronomy KW - History of Science. KW - Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. KW - Classical Studies. KW - Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. KW - History, general. KW - Observations. KW - Geographical information systems KW - GIS (Information systems) KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Annals KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Geography KW - Science KW - Ptolémée KW - Tolomeo, Claudio KW - Astronomy—Observations. KW - Astronomical observations KW - Observations, Astronomical UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14305224 AB - Ptolemy was the most important physical scientist of the Roman Empire, and for a millennium and a half his writings on astronomy, astrology, and geography were models for imitation, resources for new work, and targets of criticism. Ptolemy in Perspective traces reactions to Ptolemy from his own times to ours. The nine studies show the complex processes by which an ancient scientist and his work gained and subsequently lost an overreaching reputation and authority. ER -