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by: Anatoly T. Fomenko, Vladimir V. Kalashnikov, Gleb V. Nosovsky See Larger Image Used Price: $118.00 Third Party New Price: $150.00 Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 523.80212 EAN: 9780849344831 ISBN: 0849344832 Label: CRC-Press Manufacturer: CRC-Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: August 16, 1993 Publisher: CRC-Press Sales Rank: 5310101 Studio: CRC-Press Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 dating of Ptolemy's famous star catalog is reconsidered and recalculated using modern mathematical techniques. The text provides necessary information from astronomy and astrometry. It also covers the history of observational equipment and methods for measuring coordinates of stars. Many chapters are devoted to the Almagest, from a preliminary analysis to a global statistical processing of the catalog and its basic parts. Mathematics are simplified in this book for easy reading. This book will prove invaluable for mathematicians, astronomers, astrophysicists, specialists in natural sciences, historians interested in mathematical and statistical methods, and second-year mathematics students. Features: Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - great book Few years ago I was a student of chemistry department, Moscow State University. I am sure hat 80% of students from chemistry department read this book and found it genius. Do not believe people who says that this book lies about statistics, these authors are great mathematicians. Rating: - perfect book Few years ago I was a student of chemistry department, Moscow State University. I am sure that 80% of students from chemistry department read this book and found it genius. Do not believe people who say that this book lies about statistics, these authors are great mathematicians. Rating: - Tough but true This book is for prepared reader only, but I share all ideas discussed in this book. Rating: - Star wars with history With this book a known mathematician A.T.Fomenko presents his outrageous conception of world history. This book may be recommended only to the prepared reader, who is ready to trace every speculation and calculation of the authors to find absence of common sense. To date the catalogue of stars containing 1028 stars from Chapters VII and VIII of the Almagest, the authors select on the basis of obscure criterion in contradiction with the logic of astronomical observations, and the words ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Social Sciences - Nonfiction - Subjects - Books - Human Geography Astronomy - Professional Science - Professional & Technical - Subjects - Books - Astronomy Applied - Mathematics - Professional Science - Professional & Technical - Subjects - Books - General Applied - Mathematics - Professional Science - Professional & Technical - Subjects - Books - Statistics Geometry & Topology - Mathematics - Professional Science - Professional & Technical - Subjects - Books - Topology