Episode 3.8: The Great Syntaxis
Mar 27, 2016•49 min•Season 3Ep. 14
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Episode description
A look at the work of Ptolemy's Mathematical Treatise, otherwise known as the Almagest. Hipparchus, precession, the Library of Alexandria and the broader Greco-Roman world are also discussed.
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