The Structure and Function of Ptolemy's Physical Hypotheses of Planetary Motion
@article{Murschel1995TheSA,
title={The Structure and Function of Ptolemy's Physical Hypotheses of Planetary Motion},
author={Andrea Murschel},
journal={Journal for the History of Astronomy},
year={1995},
volume={26},
pages={33 - 61}
}Dans son livre, « les hypotheses planetaires », Ptolemee etudie la structure de l'univers, et les lois qui gouvernent les mouvements planetaires, a partir de modeles et de calculs mathematiques, permettant de determiner la position des planetes
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