However she assisted her father Theon of Alexandria in writing his eleven part commentary on Ptolemy's Almagest. |
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But once they had translated Ptolemy's Almagest, they developed astronomy so quickly that their mark is found at every step. |
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Ptolemy's Almagest was one of the works which Arabic scientists studied intently. |
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Finally, the translation of Ptolemy's Almagest furnished important astronomical material. |
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Menelaus's work formed the basis for Ptolemy's numerical solutions of spherical astronomy problems in the Almagest. |
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Hamilton found that the version of Ptolemy's models set out in the Canopic Inscription was earlier than the version in the Almagest. |
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Ptolemy's Almagest is the only surviving comprehensive ancient treatise on astronomy. |
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The Almagest also contains a star catalogue, which is a version of a catalogue created by Hipparchus. |
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As with the model of the solar system in the Almagest, Ptolemy put all this information into a grand scheme. |
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Astronomy advanced following the translation of Ptolemy's Almagest from Greek into Latin in the late 12th century. |
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The Almagest is the critical source of information on ancient Greek astronomy. |
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Three translations of the Almagest into English have been published. |
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