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- Title
Ptolemy's Almagest in Poetry and Collage.
- Authors
Glaz, Sarah; Sanders, Mark
- Abstract
This article discusses a collaboration between mathematician and poet Sarah Glaz and collage artist Mark Sanders, who created a poem and collage inspired by Claudius Ptolemy's influential treatise in astronomy, Almagest. The poem, titled "Ptolemy's Almagest: Book I," is a found poem formed by Glaz from the introduction and table of contents of Almagest: Book I. The collage, also titled "Ptolemy's Almagest: Book I," reflects and extends the imagery and ideas in the poem. The article provides background information on Ptolemy, the city of Alexandria, and the decline of the Golden Age of Greek Mathematics. It also discusses Almagest and its geocentric model of the universe. The collage incorporates imagery related to Ptolemy's work in astronomy and geography, as well as references to other astronomers such as Copernicus and Tycho Brahe.
- Subjects
PTOLEMY, 2nd century; COLLAGE; ASTRONOMICAL observations; COMMEMORATIVE postage stamps; HISTORY of mathematics; CURVED surfaces
- Publication
Mathematical Intelligencer, 2024, Vol 46, Issue 2, p141
- ISSN
0343-6993
- Publication type
Exhibition Review
- DOI
10.1007/s00283-023-10306-1