M. : Science. Fismatlit, 1998. - 672 s. The first Russian translation of the classical work of the great scientist of antiquity Claudius Ptolemy The composition is a complete set of ancient astronomy, which for one and a half thousand years served as the basis of astronomical knowledge in the medieval Arab East and in Europe until the Renaissance. It was based on the creator of the new astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus, who took over from the teachings of .. Ptolemaic everything is rational. Applications and comments to the translation were prepared by researchers of the Institute of History of Natural Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences . For historians of science, astronomers, mathematicians. Table - 277, IL -44, Bibliogr - 195 titles. From the authors . Book I