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Author Ptolemy, active 2nd century.

Title The almagest / by Ptolemy. On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres / by Nicolaus Copernicus. Epitome of Copernican astronomy [and] ; Harmonies of the world / by Johannes Kepler
Published Chicago : Encyclopædia Britannica, [1955]
[©1952]

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Description xiv, 1085 pages : illustrations, tables ; 25 cm
Series Britannica great books ; 16
Great books of the western world ; 16
Britannica great books ; 16
Great books of the Western world ; 15
Contents The almagest / Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus), translated by R. Catesby Taliaferro -- Introduction, symbols, and abbreviations, and a short bibliography to Copernicus and Kepler -- On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres / Nicolaus Copernicus, translated by Charles Glenn Wallis -- Epitome of Copernican astronomy, IV and V / Johannes Kepler -- The harmonies of the world, V / Johannes Kepler, translated by Charles Glenn Wallis
Summary Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler--Great Books
Notes Later printings also have series listed as: Britannica great books
Bibliography Includes bibliographies
Notes Great books of the Western world no:16
Subject Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy, Greek.
Mathematics, Greek.
Mathematics.
Author Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
LC no. 55010325
ISBN 0852291639
Other Titles Epitome of Copernican astronomy
On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres
The harmonies of the world
Epitome of Copernican astronomy
On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres
The harmonies of the world