Almagest, ed. Reinhold

Highlights

Alternate Title(s): Mathematicae constructionis by Erasmus Reinhold

Author: Claudius Ptolemy

Publication Location: Wittenberg

Year: 1549

Exhibit: Music of the Spheres

Section: Landmarks in Astronomy

Summary

Erasmus Reinhold, a professor at Wittenberg who was sympathetic to Copernicus, published the first Greek edition of Ptolemy’s Almagest.

Theme(s): Astronomy, Mathematics

Chronological Period: Late Ancient

Geographical Region(s): Europe, Germany, Italy
Resource Type: Book