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• n  Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
• n  an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra

• Ptolemy
• Claudius Ptolemaeus
• Ptolemaic dynasty

News & Articles

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• Ptolemy II Leverages Coverity Scan to Highlight the Importance of Software Quality
  SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Coverity, Inc., the leader in development testing, today announced the results of its latest Coverity Scan® Project Spotlight, which analyzed Ptolemy II, an open source Java project that is being used by the University of California, Berkeley, to teach Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) students how to develop high-quality software ...
  Dec. 11, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Ray Kurzweil in Earthtimes (press release)
  My ideas challenge people's most basic assumptions about life, death, and what it means to be human,says Kurzweil. "Through many conversations, it became clear to me that Barry Ptolemy had a deep understanding of these ideas and their...