The Story of Claudius Ptolemy By Enzo Brown. Biography Born: Egypt, 90 AD Death: Alexandria, 168 AD Greek Little is known… Dedicated life to Knowledge.

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The Story of Claudius Ptolemy By Enzo Brown

Biography Born: Egypt, 90 AD Death: Alexandria, 168 AD Greek Little is known… Dedicated life to Knowledge

Contributions Further explained and added to Hipparichus’s idea of epicycles. (Geocentric) – 80 Epicycles – Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn (Ptolemaic System) Wrote the Almagest text which is the only surviving comprehensive ancient treatise on astronomy.

State of Astronomy Very simplistic ideas of Astronomy at the time Geocentric Observations with naked eye.

Legacy Wrote the Almagest text which is the only surviving comprehensive ancient treatise on astronomy. Lasting impact found in cartography Ptolemy’s ideas of the universe were widely accepted until the heliocentric idea. (Copernicus)

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