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G.J.Toomer "Ptolemy", pp.186-206 in The Dictionary of Scientific Biography, New York 1970
Ptolemy (aka Claudius Ptolemaeus, Ptolomaeus, Klaudios Ptolemaios, Ptolemeus) lived in Alexandria, Egypt. We know very little of Ptolemy's life, including his birth and death dates. He was an ...
Ptolemy (aka Claudius Ptolemaeus, Ptolomaeus, Klaudios Ptolemaios, Ptolemeus) lived in Alexandria, Egypt. We know very little of Ptolemy's life, including his birth and death dates. He was an ...
Ptolemy (about 85-about 165)
The story of the geographical scholar Ptolemy - Claudius Ptolemaeus, from your About.com Guide to Geography.
G. J. Toomer, article "Ptolemy." Dictionary of Scientific Biography 11, 186-206.
Claudius Ptolemy biography, including 5 pages of information on the life of Claudius Ptolemy.
Ptolemy lived in Alexandria, Egypt. We know very little of his education. ... Many of Ptolemy's major works still exist. His magnus opus is the Almagest which is Arabic for "the greatest".
About 85 AD - Born in Egypt AD 127-41- made his astronomical observations from Egypt - On March 26, 127, Ptolemy made his first observation and his last on February 141. Claudius Ptolemy emerged as an ...
Information about each planet and moon in our solar system with many pictures, discussion of the history of its discovery, exploration, and physical characteristics. In addition to the planets, there ...
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