Claudius Ptolemy

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

@revolve_the_sun I see you 😤😤😤. Way to arrange the solar system!

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

@chandras1998 Wow cool! Wish my name was Chandra. Ptolemy doesn’t really get it done :(

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@ClydeTombaugh2 No I wish they were- it’d be rad!

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

@TheStephenHawk Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard!

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@realMargGeller Wow that is a very colorful cluster! I need to delve deep into HectoMaps!

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

“The heaven is spherical in shape, and moves as a sphere; the earth too is sensibly spherical in shape, when taken as a whole; in position it lies in the middle of the heavens very much like its center”- Me. We’re the center of everything!

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

Christopher Columbus used one of MY world maps on their world wide journeys. May have been a bit inaccurate though😬😬

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My geocentric theory remained prevalent until Copernicus came along and convinced everyone that our system was “Heliocentric”. Psssh- Apparently we revolve around the sun??!?

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

On top of Astronomy, I was also a major influence in modern day Geography and Cartography (Map Making).

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

I believed that the sun, moon, and planets revolved around Earth in this order:
1. Mercury 2. Venus 3. Sun 4. Mars 5. Jupiter 6. Saturn

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

In my book, “Almagest”, I included a star catalog containing 48 constellations, using the names we still use today.

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

Here are a few fun facts about me! 😄

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

The last opinion that people have about my findings in my book, “The Almagest”, is that I don’t report the predictions I get wrong and that I only disclose the information I know I am correct upon.

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

Others think I make up my facts. Physicist, Robert Newton, says that I make up my own false facts to support my model of the planet positions.

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

The first thing people say about me is that the positions of the sun, the moon, and our planets that I reported just agree with the predictions of my model rather than the true positions in space.

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

People often discredit my work, say it is wrong, irrelevant, or I cheated. They’re wrong but here’s a thread of what they say...

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

Another one of my contributions was that I adopted Hipparchus’s solar model. I also inherited a geometrical toolbox from my Greek predecessors for predicting where planets would appear in the sky.

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Another one of my books is “Tetrabiblos”. It accepts the basic validity of traditional astrological doctrines but revises the details of Aristotelian nature, matter, and change.

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

My most famous contribution to astronomy was my book “Almagest”. I wrote it because I believe the motions of the heavenly bodies can be explained in mathematical terms!

[Claudius Ptolemy @claudi_p_]

My place of work was the quiet peace and quiet of my own home and the Library of Alexandria