Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science and Religion, by Nicholas Spencer.

The two great strengths of the book are this analysis of the reception of PH, and the complete Arabic/English translation of the PH.Both tremendous accomplishments.As one of the most important books in the history of astronomy published so far in the twenty-first century, this will be of supreme importance for both Classical studies in astronomy, and scholars engaged in how Arabic astronomers engaged with Ptolemy.There are typographical errors: eigth should be eighth (page 70); dealt should be deal (page 103); conviving should be convincing (page 107); 'number motions' should be 'number of motions' (page 192).Finally, I was a little surprised the author did