Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780521028646
Subjects: Elements of music (eg harmony, melody, etc); Philosophy; Science; Ancient - Rome; History; Research & Methodology; History-Ancient - Rome; Music / General; Ptolemy, --2nd cent.--Harmonics; Ptolemy,--2nd cent.--Harmonics; Science / History; Science-Research & Methodology; Music/Songbooks; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
First sentence: Ptolemy's reputation as one of the outstanding scientists of the ancient world rests mainly on his epoch-making treatise in astronomy, the Mathematike Syntaxis (usually known as the Almagest).