ISBN10: 3540971815, ISBN13: 9783540971818, [publisher: Springer, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg] Hardcover First Edition IX + 347 pages, orig. hardcover (see photo), first edition, provenance: Prof. Paul Kunitzsch, his pencil annotations/corrections to margin, else internally fine. - - Table of Contents: Introduction. - 1. The Stars of the Almagest: The Documents. - The Arabic Revision of the Almagest. - - 2. Accusations: Tycho Brahe. - Laplace and Lalande. - Delambre's Investigations. - - 3. The Rehabilitation of Ptolemy: The Number of Hipparchan Stars. - Supplementary Catalogues. - The Reconstruction of the Hipparchan Catalogue. - Gundel's List of Hipparchan Stars. - Precession and Solar Theory. - Accusations: The Observation of Regulus and Spica, The Measurements of Declination, Stellar Positions from Occultations by the Moon, Fraction of the Degrees. - - 4. The Analysis of the Star Catalogue: The Catalogue in the Almagst. - Criticism of Vogt. - Gundel's Stars. - - 5. Structures in Ptolemy's Star Catalogue: Star Maps. - Multiple Sources. - Method of Selective Error Distribution. - Errors of the Solar Theory. - Fractions of Degree. - Hipparchus' Commentary of Aratus. - Calculation of Phenomena. - Deviations from Reality. - Reconstruction. - - 6. Theory and Observation: The Aristotelian Heritage. - The Uncertainity of Empirical Data. - Radical Empiricism. - Holistic Rationalism. - - 7. Appendix A: Stars and Constellations. - Identifications. ...
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ISBN10: 3540971815, ISBN13: 9783540971818, [publisher: Springer Berlin] Hardcover Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. Au�en: verschmutzt. Innen: Seiten eingerissen. Aus der Auflà sung einer renommierten Bibliothek. Kann Stempel beinhalten. 342639/202
[Trebbin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1990]