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1	Cleopatra's Heir more books like this by Gillian Bradshaw add to wishlist The son of the title is Caesarion, the son Cleopatra had with Julius Caesar--maybe. The boy is kidnapped when Caesar's Roman son, Octavian, conquers Egypt, but he escapes, ending up in the caravan of a merchant. The man's daughter falls in love with Caesarion, and it takes a lot of time and incident before he is able to transcend his privileged ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $13.81! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The history of Ptolemy's star catalogue. more books like this by Gerd Grasshoff add to wishlist see all copies from $67.51! new only from $73.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Eye of Heaven: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler more books like this by Owen Gingerich add to wishlist In this collection Gingerich focuses on the transformation of astronomy from Ptolemy's geocentrisim to Kepler's remoulding of Copernican cosmology. Several of Gingerich's favourite themes are illuminated: the importance of historical context in the study of science, the careful examination of work habits as a key to understanding, and the role of ... see all copies from $22.28! new only from $34.72! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics more books like this by Andrew Barker add to wishlist The science called 'harmonics' was one of the major intellectual enterprises of Greek antiquity. Ptolemy's treatise seeks to invest it with new scientific rigour; its consistently sophisticated procedural self-awareness marks it as a key text in the history of science. This book is a sustained methodological exploration of Ptolemy's project. After ... see all copies from $46.30! new only from $46.30! \| SVS
5	Ptolemy's Universe: The Natural Philosophical & Ethical Foundations of Ptolemy's Astronomy more books like this by Liba C. Taub add to wishlist "Ptolemy's Universe" is a modern examination of the cosmological and philosophical dimensions of Ptolemy's thought as presented in his astronomical works. Claudius Ptolemy (second century AD) ranks as one of the most important figures in the history of science, especially renowned for his contribution to mathematical astronomy. Within astronomical ... see all copies from $6.30! new only from $23.23! \| signed copies \| SVS
6	Paradise fever : despatches from the dawn of the new age more books like this by Ptolemy Tompkins add to wishlist This is the story of a young man's coming of age in the decade when pet rocks adorned coffee tables, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" lived at the top of the bestseller lists, and free love and limitless possibilities seemed like universal birthrights. Ptolemy Tompkins is the son of Peter Tompkins, author of cult classics "The Secret Life of Plants" ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $17.68! \| first editions
7	Ptolemy Harmonics: Translation and Commentary more books like this by Prof. Jon Solomon add to wishlist Ptolemy's comprehensive treatises on astronomy and geography were influential for nearly two millennia. Equally influential was his treatise on harmonics, the ancient science which combined and brought to completion the study of philosophy and science. This volume offers a comprehensive English translation and commentary of Ptolemy's "Harmonics". ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $74.99!
8	Abraham Ibn Ezra and the Rise of Medieval Hebrew Science Abraham Ibn Ezra and the Rise of Medieval Hebrew Science more books like this by Shlomo Sela add to wishlist The main focus of this volume is the study of Abraham Ibn Ezra's scientific thought within the historical and cultural context of his times (1089-1167). His scientific contribution may be understood as the very embodiment of "the rise of medieval Hebrew science", a process in which Jewish scholars gradually adopted the holy tongue as a vehicle to ... see all copies from $110.00! new only from $120.14! \| first editions
9	Between Copernicus and Galileo: Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology more books like this by James M Lattis add to wishlist Between Copernicus and Galileo is the story of Christoph Clavius, the Jesuit astronomer and teacher whose work helped set the standards by which Galileo's famous claims appeared so radical, and whose teachings guided the intellectual and scientific agenda of the Church in the central years of the Scientific Revolution. Though relatively unknown ... see all copies from $32.00! new only from $32.00! \| SVS
10	Ptolemy and the Foundations of Ancient Mathematical Optics: A Guided Study more books like this by A Mark Smith add to wishlist Virtually all survey-accounts of ancient science leave the mistaken impression that ancient ray-theory shared the same basic aims and methods as its modern counterpart and, therefore, that the two are genetically linked. The source of confusion lies in the fact that, for the sake of simplicity and brevity, textbook authors emphasize those aspects ... see all copies from $18.95! new only from $20.00! \| SVS
11 view cover	Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception more books like this by A Mark Smith, Ptolemy add to wishlist see all copies from $22.61! new only from $22.61! \| SVS
12 view cover	Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus more books like this by Ellen L Fleischmann, Theocritus, Richard Hunter (Translator) add to wishlist Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the 3rd century BCE, Alexandria became the capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus is the only extended poetic tribute to this ruler that survives. This text provides a translation and commentary. see all copies from $58.37! new only from $58.37!
13	Ptolemy's geography. A brief account of all the printed editions down to 1730. more books like this by Henry Newton Stevens add to wishlist see all copies from $26.00!
14 view cover	Ptolemy of Egypt more books like this by Walter M Ellis add to wishlist Ptolemy was creator of the most eduring of the Hellenistic kingdoms. He formed a state whose cultural importance remained unparalleled until the rise of Rome. He encouraged the erection of the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world; and created a library which eventually housed the greatest known collection of books, ... see all copies from $124.18! new only from $124.18!
15	Ptolemy's First Commentator more books like this by Alexander Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! new only from $20.00!
16 view cover	The Geography more books like this by Claudius Ptolemy add to wishlist Second-century classic of civilization listed over 8,000 places in Europe, Africa and Asia, tabulated according to latitude and longitude. Excellent reproduction of the rare first and definitive English translation. see all copies from $99.00!
17	Geometrical and Statistical Methods of Analysis of Star Configurations Dating Ptolemy's Almagest more books like this by Anatoly T Fomenko, Vladimir V Kalashnikov, Gleb V Nosovsky add to wishlist This work offers a new statistico-geometrical approach for dating ancient star catalogues. The authors use modern, advanced techniques of mathematical statistics, modern geometry, celestial mechanics and astronomy, and apply them to historical scientific data. see all copies from $1,429.93!
18	Researches on Ptolemy's geography of Eastern Asia (Further India and Indo-Malay archipelago) more books like this by G. E. Gerini add to wishlist see all copies from $66.05! new only from $66.05!
19	Les instruments de la théorie des planètes selon Ptolémée : équatoires et horlogerie planétaire du XIIIe au XVIe siècle more books like this by Emmanuel Poulle add to wishlist see all copies from $122.00!
20	Zur Kritik Der Koordinatenuberlieferung Im Sternkatalog Des Almagest: Arab. Text Nebst Dt. Ubers., Einl. U. Anh. more books like this by Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Al-Salah, Katharina Falkson add to wishlist see all copies from $97.86! new only from $97.86!
21	Der Almagest: Die Syntaxis Mathematica Des Claudius Ptolemaus in Arab. -Latein. Uberlieferung by Paul Kunitzsch add to wishlist see all copies from $226.98!

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