Ptolemy's Universe: The Natural Philosophical and Ethical Foundations of Ptolemy's Astronomy. By Liba Chaia Taub [Book Review]

Modern Schoolman 73 (2):187-189 (1996)
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Review of Liba Taub, Ptolemy's universe; The natural philosophical and ethical foundations of Ptolemy's astronomy. Chicago: Open Court 1993. xiv, 188 p.

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