Search results

===Ptolemy=== The 2nd century [[Alexandria]]n Greek writer [[Ptolemy]], one of the most impotant geographers, mathematicians and astronomers in

{{rpl|Ptolemy}}

{{r|Ptolemy}}

...onument, Lucian claims that he hid his name underneath the plaster bearing Ptolemy's name.<ref>McKenzie, ''The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt,'' c. ''30

...ican Institute of Physics, 1993. 442 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Heaven-Ptolemy-Copernicus-Masters/dp/0883188635/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b excerpt and text searc

Hipparchus' catalogue was later edited and increased by [[Ptolemy]] which he published in the ''[[Almagest]]'' (possibly between 127 and 150 In 1856, [[Norman Pogson]] replaced the system developed by Hipparchus and Ptolemy, with one based on mathematics but matching, as much as he could, the old

...hy'' [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/_Texts/Ptolemy/2/2*.html 2.2]</ref> which was probably Cogidubnus' kingdom before being in

...ed ''Al Surrat al Faras'', the horse's navel, by Arab astronomers before [[Ptolemy]] named the star ''Al Rās al Marʼah al Musalsalah'' which represented the

...10 by [[Galileo Galilei]] (using a telescope of his own design), [[Ptolemy|Ptolemy]]’s geocentric (Earth-centered) view of the universe prevailed. Then, [[J

...|A 15th century depiction of the [[Ptolemy world map]], reconstituted from Ptolemy's ''Geographia'' (circa [[150]])]] ...ties, tribes, and sites and places them in the world. It is uncertain what Ptolemy's names correspond to in the modern world, and a vast amount of scholarship

...reek mathematician who worked in [[Alexandria]] at the Museum founded by [[Ptolemy I]]. He systematised the geometric and arithmetic knowledge of his times in

...e administration of the country in the hands of Kleomenes of Naukratis and Ptolemy, one of his generals. After Alexander, the Greek [[Ptolemy dynasty]], descended from one of Alexander's generals, ruled until 30 BC, w

...e administration of the country in the hands of Kleomenes of Naukratis and Ptolemy, one of his generals.

...ems of [[belief]]s like those enunciated by, for example, [[Aristotle]], [[Ptolemy]], [[Copernicus]], [[Galileo]], [[Isaac Newton]], [[Quantum physics|quantum

...the ''Almagest'' are composed of epicycles with centers on deferents, but Ptolemy also introduced ''[[equants]]''. An equant is a point with respect to which Chapter 4 describes the period between Ptolemy and Copernicus. At the beginning of this period, Western Europe lost most

...nym]] rather than a geographic term. The Ulaid are probably mentioned in [[Ptolemy]]'s 2nd century ''Geography'', as the ''Ούολουντοι'' (''Uolunti''

...tenance to [[Copernicus|Copernicus’s]] discredit of the heliocentrism of [[Ptolemy]], and the artery-to-vein connectivity visualized with Malpighi’s microsc

...and assumed elliptic orbits, it became possible to surpass the accuracy of Ptolemy. Near the end of his life Copernicus could bring himself finally to publis

::With respect to the name, I always liked the name [[Ptolemy]] used: "Geographia" - This was basically an encyclopedia of places and was

...di<th>11<td>[[Cyrus]]<td>[[Praxiteles]]<td>[[Thucydides]]<td>[[Hero]]<td>[[Ptolemy Lagus]] ...endredi<th>19<td>The Priests of Japan<td>[[Juvenal]]<td>[[Epictetus]]<td>[[Ptolemy]]<td>[[Paulus Aemilius]]