Understanding Ptolemy's Almagest (Book III)

Ptolemy's Almagest dominated astronomical thought from when it was written in the 2nd century CE, until the 16th century. Yet, as historically important as this work is, its nearly impossible to find out anything beyond a surface level understanding of what it contained.

This video will cover Book III. In this, Ptolemy develops the solar model.

Teaser: 0:00
Channel Intro: 1:26
Chapter 1 - On the Length of a Year: 1:45
Chapter 2 - The Table of the Mean Motion of the Sun: 6:52
Chapter 3 - On the Hypotheses for Uniform Circular Motion: 9:21
Chapter 4 - On the Apparent Anomaly of the Sun: 11:29
Chapter 5 - On the Construction of a Table for Individual Subdivisions of the Anomaly: 15:24
Chapter 6 - Table of the Sun’s Anomaly: 16:54
Chapter 7 - On the Epoch of the Sun’s Mean Motion: 17:35
Chapter 8 - On the Calculation of the Solar Position: 19:00
Chapter 9 - On the Inequality of the [Solar] Days: 19:45
Conclusion: 21:53