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Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader. AUTHOR: Claudius Ptolemy (about 100–170 CE) lived in Alexandria, Egypt, part of the Roman Empire. A mathematician, geographer and astrologer, his famous book on astronomy codified the ancient view of the universe, with the sun and observable planets orbiting around the earth.
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