Islamic astronomy and geography. (2021)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Islamic astronomy and geography. (2021)
- Main Title:
- Islamic astronomy and geography
- Further Information:
- Note: David A. King.
- Authors:
- King, David A
- Editors:
- King, David A
- Contents:
- Contents: Preface; Part I General: Islamic astronomy; From inscriptions to context: some Islamic astronomical instruments and their secrets; Some illustrations in Islamic scientific manuscripts and their secrets. Part II Regional Studies: Aspects of Fatimid astronomy: from hard-core mathematical astronomy to architectural orientations in Cairo; Mamluk astronomy and the institution of the muwaqqit; On the history of astronomy in the medieval Maghrib. Part III Mathematical Astrology: A Hellenistic astrological table deemed worthy of being penned in gold ink: the Arabic tradition of Vettius Valens' auxiliary function for finding the length of life. Part IV Sacred Geography and the Sacred Direction: The sacred geography of Islam; Al-Bazdawi on the qibla in early Islamic Transoxania. Part V Mathematical Geography: Too many cooks...: a new account of the earliest Islamic geodetic measurements; A world map in the tradition of al-Biruni (ca.1040) and al-Khazini (ca.1120) presented by Siraj al-Din al-Sajawandi (1210); Mathematical geography in 15th-century Egypt: an episode in the decline of Islamic science; Index.
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 520.91767
Islamic astronomy -- History
Astronomy -- Mathematics -- History
Astronomical geography -- History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000585155
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781000585018
9781003278924 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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