Contains a translation and study of Euclid's Phaenomena, a work which once formed part of the mathematical training of astronomers from Central Asia to Western ... » 

Contains a translation and study of Euclid's Phaenomena, a work which once formed part of the mathematical training of astronomers from Central Asia to Western Europe. This book includes an introduction that sets Euclid's geometry of the celestial sphere, and its application to the astronomy of his day, into its historical context. «