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Ptolemy`s "Geography" � An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters Paperback - 2001

by Ptolemy/ Jones, Alexander/ Jones, Alexander (Translator)

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Princeton Univ Pr, 2001. Paperback. New. 216 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.75 inches.
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  • Title Ptolemy`s "Geography" � An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters
  • Author Ptolemy/ Jones, Alexander/ Jones, Alexander (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Condition New
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton Univ Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # __0691092591
  • ISBN 9780691092591 / 0691092591
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.94 x 6.92 x 0.6 in (25.25 x 17.58 x 1.52 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 526

First line

World cartography is an imitation through drawing of the entire known part of the world together with the things that are, broadly speaking, connected with it.

From the rear cover

"The translation is exemplary, surely the best in any language. It supersedes all previous translations and corrects all editions. The authors have done a splendid job in every way and have produced a work that will be useful for the duration of our lives and probably much longer."--Noel Swerdlow, University of Chicago and author of The Babylonian Theory of the Planets

"Berggren and Jones have made a difficult, detailed and challenging text far more accessible and have produced a work that will be the standard for many years to come. They have done a wonderful service to the study of a crucial text by one of the most important figures in the history of science. A pleasure to read."--Liba Taub, Cambridge University

About the author

J. Lennart Berggren is Professor of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University and twice president of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics. His previous books include Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam, and Pi: A Source Book.
Alexander Jones is Professor of Classics and of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Toronto. He studies the history of the exact sciences in antiquity. He is the author of Pappus of Alexandria: Book 7 of the Collection and Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus.