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kgeistyesterday at 4:21 AM1 replyview on HN

>The pages belonged to The Almagest, in which second century polymath Claudius Ptolemy described his vision of an Earth-centered cosmos.

Where's the article wrong?


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josefxyesterday at 12:52 PM

Galileos notes where found in a 16th century print of The Almagest.

If you copy the pythagorean theorem onto a page and cross it out, would you be "defacing an ancient text"?