1st Edition
Geometrical and Statistical Methods of Analysis of Star Configurations Dating Ptolemy's Almagest
By A.T. Fomenko
Copyright 1993
388 Pages
by
CRC Press
388 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This easy-to-follow book offers a statistico-geometrical approach for dating ancient star catalogs. The authors' scientific methods reveal statistical properties of ancient catalogs and overcome the difficulties of their dating originated by the low accuracy of these catalogs. Methods are tested on reliably dated medieval star catalogs and applied to the star catalog of the Almagest. Here, the... Read more
Analysis: 1. Some Concepts of Astronomy and History of Astronomy 2. Star Catalog of the Almagest: Preliminary Analysis 3. The Attempts to Date the Almagest with the Help of Simplest Procedures, and Why They Fail. Dating Catalogs: 4. Who Is Who? 5. Analysis of Systematic Errors in Stellar Configurations 6. Statistical Properties and the Accuracy of the Catalog of the Almagest 7. Dating the Star Catalog of the Almagest 8. Inclination of the Ecliptic in the Almagest 9. Dating Other Medieval Catalogs 10. A Date for the Almagest from Coverings of Stars and Lunar Eclipses. Addendum: Introduction: Problems and Hypotheses Connected with Dating the Almagest
Biography
Fomenko, A.T.
