The Most Historically Significant Book in Astronomy: Understanding Ptolemy's Almagest (Books I & II)

Описание: Ptolemy's Almagest dominated astronomical thought from when it was written in the 2nd century CE, until the 16th century. Yet, as historically important as this work is, its nearly impossible to find out anything beyond a surface level understanding of what it contained.

I've spent nearly 7 years working through this text, making sure I understand every calculation. And now, I'll explain exactly what this book contains. In this series, I'll walk through the text - first explaining it conceptually, and then exploring select mathematical topics in future videos.

This video will cover Books I and II. In this, Ptolemy introduces his philosophical assumptions, develops several handy tables that he will rely on to make calculations easier, discusses his place on the terrestrial sphere, and explains how location influences our view of the cosmos.

Note: It's probably helpful to have a working understanding of the celestial sphere. A good video can be found from Dr Gugliucci:    • Intro to Astronomy - Summer 2018 - Week1 P...  

Teaser: 0:00
Channel Intro: 1:32
Book I: 1:50
Chapter 1: 1:52
Chapter 2: 3:46
Chapter 3: 4:56
Chapter 4: 6:36
Chapter 5: 7:39
Chapter 6: 8:37
Chapter 7: 9:09
Chapter 8: 10:31
Chapter 9: 13:03
Chapter 10: 13:19
Chapter 11: 15:57
Chapter 12: 16:04
Chapter 13: 17:19
Chapter 14: 18:48
Chapter 15: 19:30
Chapter 16: 19:37
Book II: 20:57
Chapter 1: 21:01
Chapter 2: 23:25
Chapter 3: 24:51
Chapter 4: 25:09
Chapter 5: 26:58
Chapter 6: 27:17
Chapter 7: 28:02
Chapter 8: 28:28
Chapter 9: 28:46
Chapter 10: 30:52
Chapter 11: 31:06
Chapter 12: 31:11
Chapter 13: 32:53
Conclusion: 33:47
Outro: 34:33

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Images of the Almagest:
Greek: BnF MS Grec 2389 - https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv...
Latin: BnF MS Lat 16200 - https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv...
Printed: LoC PA4405 - https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001....

I largely worked from G. J. Toomer's translation: https://www.amazon.com/Ptolemys-Almag...



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