Readers interested in having the annual volumes of Aestimatio in single PDF files may find the online versions of these files on the pages listing the contents of the volumes.
Alan C. Bowen
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- The Night before Ptolemy: The Emergence of Hellenistic Planetary Theory
- Simplicius in Paris: The Medieval Christian Reading of Simplicius’ Commentary on Aristotle’s De caelo
- Prolegomena to a Science of the Heavens: Problemata 15 in Parisinus graecus 2036
- Hellenistic Astronomy: The Science and Its Contexts ed. with Francesca Rochberg (for Brill 2017)
- Ptolemy’s Philosophy and Its Greek, Arabic and Hebrew Reception ed.with E. Gannagé
- ‘Ptolemy’s μαθηματική and Saving the Phenomena’
- Development of EKOH—Early Knowledge of the Heavens: A Digital Library for Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Contexts in Pre-Modern Times ( with F. Rochberg)

Director, Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science
Editor, Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (with T. E. Rihll)
Editor, Interpretatio: Sources and Studies in the History of Science. Series A and B (with F. Rochberg)
Research Interests
History and philosophy of Greco-Latin science (aspecially astronomy, harmonic science), ancient philosophy
Work in Progress
Bibliography in Development
Christian Wildberg and I have prepared Aristotle's De caelo: A Bibliography and will eventually convert it into a proper database. Readers who detect errors in it or who wish to reports items for inclusion are invited to contact me.
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