The science called 'harmonics' was one of the major intellectual
enterprises of Greek antiquity. Ptolemy's treatise seeks to invest
it with new scientific rigour; its consistently sophisticated
procedural self-awareness marks it as a key text in the history of
science. This book is a sustained methodological exploration of
Ptolemy's project. After an analysis of his explicit pronouncements
on the science's aims and the methods appropriate to it, it
examines Ptolemy's conduct of his investigation in detail,
concluding that despite occasional uncertainties, the declared
procedure is followed with remarkable fidelity. Ptolemy pursues
tenaciously his novel objective of integrating closely the
project's theoretical and empirical phases and shows astonishing
mastery of the concept, the design and the conduct of controlled
experimental tests. By opening up this neglected text to historians
of science, the book aims to provide a point of departure for wider
studies of Greek scientific method.
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