Models and Precision: The Quality of Ptolemy’s Observations and Parameters

By John P. Britton

Yale University

This work, originally published in 1992, addresses the ancient and widely held view that Ptolemy was an inferior practical astronomer who manipulated the observations to fit his models. Examining the solar and lunar observations found in Almagest…

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