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The significance of Ptolemy’sAlmagestfor its early readers

✍ Scribed by Alain Bernard


Book ID
107532390
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
2010
Tongue
French
Weight
447 KB
Volume
131
Category
Article
ISSN
0035-1776

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