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Ptolemy was an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Greek descent born around 100 CE. He developed the geocentric model of the universe known as the Ptolemaic system and wrote the influential book Almagest. Ptolemy made significant contributions to astronomy, mathematics, and geography through his work developing trigonometric functions to solve astronomical problems, innovations in mapmaking techniques, and recording longitudes and latitudes on a world map. While his life is unknown, Ptole

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Cindy Atika

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