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La Palma is a 2024 Netflix miniseries inspired by the Cumbre Vieja tsunami hazard hypothesis and partially based on the 2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The series, primarily filmed on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, [ 4 ] also includes scenes shot in Tenerife . [ 5 ]
An edition in Latin of the Almagestum in 1515. The Almagest (/ ˈ æ l m ə dʒ ɛ s t / AL-mə-jest) is a 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths, written by Claudius Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) in Koine Greek. [1]
The Handy Tables elaborated the astronomical tables of the Almagest and included usage instructions, but left out the theoretical commentary in order to facilitate practical computation. The work is considered of high significance during the late antiquity and in the Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean medieval traditions. [1] [2] [3]
In particular, he translated Ptolemy's Almagest into English. Formerly a fellow of Corpus Christi College , Cambridge University , he moved to Brown University as a special student in 1959 to study "the history of mathematics in antiquity and the transmission of these systems through Arabic into medieval Europe."
The Almagest is one of the most influential books in the history of Western astrology. The Almagest was a monumental series of 13 books including roughly a quarter-million words in Greek that gave a comprehensive treatment of astrology until its time, incorporating theorems, models, and observations from many previous mathematicians. [36]
MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes, later renamed to MAGIC Florian Goebel Telescopes) is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes situated at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, at about 2200 m above sea level.
English: Diagram of the geocentric epicyclic planetary model used in the w:en:Almagest to describe the longitudinal motion of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The Earth is represented by ⊕, and the planet is represented by ☉.
The table of chords, created by the Greek astronomer, geometer, and geographer Ptolemy in Egypt during the 2nd century AD, is a trigonometric table in Book I, chapter 11 of Ptolemy's Almagest, [1] a treatise on mathematical astronomy. It is essentially equivalent to a table of values of the sine function.