The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy
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| Author | : Robert R. Newton |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 1977 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015017155931 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy by : Robert R. Newton
Book excerpt: In Newton's view, Ptolemy was "the most successful fraud in the history of science". Newton shows that Ptolemy predominantly obtained the astronomical results described in his work The Almagest by computation, and not by the direct observations that Ptolemy described.
