Book ID: CBB000024255

A survey of the Almagest. (1974)

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Pedersen, Olaf (Author)


Odense University Press


Publication Date: 1974
Physical Details: 454 pp.; bibl.; index

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Review Waerden, B.L. van der (1975) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 603). unapi

Review North, J. (1975 (Aug. 15)) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". TLS: Times Literary Supplement (pp. 921-22). unapi

Review Herrmann, D.B. (1976) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Die Sterne (pp. 56-57). unapi

Review Henderson, J. (1976) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Sky and Telescope (pp. 117-18). unapi

Review Ronan, C.A. (1976) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Journal of the British Astronomical Association (pp. 508-9). unapi

Review Saliba, G.A. (1975) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (pp. 317-18). unapi

Review Goldstein, B.R. (1976) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 54-56). unapi

Review Lorch, R.P. (1976) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Nature (p. 67). unapi

Review Thoren, V. (1977) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 139-41). unapi

Review Wallenquist, A. (1975-76) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Lychnos (pp. 446-47). unapi

Review Swerdlow, N.M. (1977) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Historia Mathematica (pp. 110-13). unapi

Review Toomer, G.J. (1977) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 137-50). unapi

Review Mercier, R. (1978) Review of "A survey of the Almagest.". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 75-77). unapi

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