Almagest
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title:
Almagest
text:
The Almagest is a 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths, written by Claudius Ptolemy in Koine Greek. One of the most influential scientific texts in history, it canonized a geocentric model of the Universe that was accepted for more than 1,200 years from its origin in Hellenistic Alexandria, in the medieval Byzantine and Islamic worlds, and in Western Europe through the Middle Ages and early Renaissance until Copernicus. It is
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encyclopedia
description:
Astronomical treatise by Claudius Ptolemy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almagest
date created:
2002-11-17T00:18:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T00:25:17Z
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