KnowraAlmagestLinked fromLinked fromThe 37 pages that link to Almagest, each with the reason it gives.All 37Broader topic 16Related 19Narrower topic 2PtolemyBroader topic: This is the work that gives Ptolemy’s geocentric astronomy its fullest form.Ptolemaic systemBroader topic: It gives the fullest surviving account of the system’s mathematical construction.Islamic astronomyBroader topic: Its translation provided a detailed framework that Islamic astronomers analyzed and revised.Precession of the equinoxesBroader topic: It records the classical explanation and estimate of the precession discovered by Hipparchus.Ancient Greek astronomyBroader topic: It systematized earlier Greek astronomy into a detailed predictive framework.GeocentrismBroader topic: This work preserved the most influential technical account of geocentric astronomy.EquantBroader topic: Its planetary models give the equant a central role in representing nonuniform apparent motion.Deferent and epicycleBroader topic: It gave the deferent-and-epicycle framework its most influential systematic formulation.Latin translations of the 12th centuryBroader topic: Gerard of Cremona's Latin version became a key source for European astronomy.Spherical astronomyBroader topic: It transmitted a major ancient framework for calculating celestial positions.Gerard of CremonaBroader topic: Gerard’s Latin translation brought this major Arabic-transmitted astronomical work into Latin scholarship.Graeco-Arabic translation movementBroader topic: Its translation made Ptolemaic astronomy a major part of Arabic scientific scholarship.SexagesimalBroader topic: Its treatment of angles helped perpetuate base-60 subdivisions in astronomy.Astronomical tablesBroader topic: Its tables made Ptolemy’s planetary and lunar calculations usable in practice.History of trigonometryBroader topic: Its chord tables preserve the most influential surviving account of ancient Greek trigonometry.Science in classical antiquityBroader topic: It gathered astronomical observations and geometric techniques into a predictive system.
KnowraAlmagestLinked fromLinked fromThe 37 pages that link to Almagest, each with the reason it gives.All 37Broader topic 16Related 19Narrower topic 2PtolemyBroader topic: This is the work that gives Ptolemy’s geocentric astronomy its fullest form.Ptolemaic systemBroader topic: It gives the fullest surviving account of the system’s mathematical construction.Islamic astronomyBroader topic: Its translation provided a detailed framework that Islamic astronomers analyzed and revised.Precession of the equinoxesBroader topic: It records the classical explanation and estimate of the precession discovered by Hipparchus.Ancient Greek astronomyBroader topic: It systematized earlier Greek astronomy into a detailed predictive framework.GeocentrismBroader topic: This work preserved the most influential technical account of geocentric astronomy.EquantBroader topic: Its planetary models give the equant a central role in representing nonuniform apparent motion.Deferent and epicycleBroader topic: It gave the deferent-and-epicycle framework its most influential systematic formulation.Latin translations of the 12th centuryBroader topic: Gerard of Cremona's Latin version became a key source for European astronomy.Spherical astronomyBroader topic: It transmitted a major ancient framework for calculating celestial positions.Gerard of CremonaBroader topic: Gerard’s Latin translation brought this major Arabic-transmitted astronomical work into Latin scholarship.Graeco-Arabic translation movementBroader topic: Its translation made Ptolemaic astronomy a major part of Arabic scientific scholarship.SexagesimalBroader topic: Its treatment of angles helped perpetuate base-60 subdivisions in astronomy.Astronomical tablesBroader topic: Its tables made Ptolemy’s planetary and lunar calculations usable in practice.History of trigonometryBroader topic: Its chord tables preserve the most influential surviving account of ancient Greek trigonometry.Science in classical antiquityBroader topic: It gathered astronomical observations and geometric techniques into a predictive system.