Misc.

Readings and Links

Materials Related to and or Useful for the Study of the Almagest

• A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy Neugebauer (Amazon)
• Prof. Toomer's English translation of the Almagest, with corrections made to Heiberg's text based on Arabic sources
• A Survey of the Almagest (Acta Historica Scientarium Series No. 30) (Odense University Press)
• A page devoted to the mathematics of Ptolemy's Table of Chords in the Almagest
• A webpage containing a DOS sexagesimal calculator
• The reader might find some of the information in these early 20^th century texts useful
  • Textbook on Practical Astronomy - Hosmer, 1917 (Google)
  • Spherical Trigonometry - Murray, 1908(Google)
    • This text occassionaly cites the same author's Plane Trigonometry (Google)
• History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy Evans (Amazon)

Assorted

• D. Pingree, “History of mathematical astronomy in India.” In Dictionary of Scientific Biography, C.S. Gillespie, ed., 533-633. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1981
• Public domain Classics Books
• Marcilio Ficino's Latin translation of the Parmenides of Plato
  • A Greek text of the Parmenides from the Million Books Project
  • A Greek text of the Gorgias from the Million Books Project
• Thatcher's Arabic Grammar from the Million Books Project
  • Another scan of the same
• The answer key to Thatcher's Arabic Grammar from the Million Books Project
• Hans Wehr's Arabic Dictionary from the Million Books Project
• Lewis' Latin Dictionary from the Million Books Project
• Part I of Heiberg's Edition of the Almagest from the Million Books Project (far superior in quality to Google's scan of same)
• The Sacred Text Archives, home to hundreds of digitized books, available both for free download and on CDs and DVDs, including H.H. Wilson's six volume translation of the Vishnu Purana.
• Documenta Catholica Omnia
• The works of Thomas Aquinas in Latin
• Some works of Saint Augustine in Latin