Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / / Stephen Blake.
Surveys the contributions of Islamic astronomers and mathematicians to the development of astronomy and astrologyIt was the astronomers and mathematicians of the Islamic world who provided the theories and concepts that paved the way from the geocentric theories of Claudius Ptolemy in the second cen...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
|
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (184 p.) :; 9 colour illustrations |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9780748649112 |
---|---|
lccn |
2016427604 |
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)616690 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Blake, Stephen, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / Stephen Blake. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2016 1 online resource (184 p.) : 9 colour illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of colour plates -- Preface -- 1 From Egypt to Islam -- 2 From Muhammad to the Seljuqs -- 3 The observatory in Isfahan -- 4 Astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus -- 5 The observatory in Maragha -- 6 The observatory in Samarqand -- 7 The observatory in Istanbul -- 8 The observatory in Shahjahanabad -- 9 Medieval and early-modern Europe -- 10 Conclusion -- Glossary: astronomical instruments -- Select bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Surveys the contributions of Islamic astronomers and mathematicians to the development of astronomy and astrologyIt was the astronomers and mathematicians of the Islamic world who provided the theories and concepts that paved the way from the geocentric theories of Claudius Ptolemy in the second century AD to the heliocentric breakthroughs of Nicholas Copernicus and Johannes Kepler in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Algebra, the Arabic numeral system, and trigonometry: all these and more originated in the Muslim East and undergirded an increasingly accurate and sophisticated understanding of the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets. This nontechnical overview of the Islamic advances in the heavenly sciences allows the general reader to appreciate (for the first time) the absolutely crucial role that Muslim scientists played in the overall development of astronomy and astrology in the Eurasian world.Key FeaturesThe first accessible, non-technical history of Islamic astronomy and astrologySurveys the major advances in the heavenly sciences from Isfahan, Maragha and Samarqand from the ninth to the sixteenth centuriesShows the impact of astronomy and astrology on individuals and institutionsLooks at the influence of almanacs and horoscopes in the Mughal, Ottoman and Safavid EmpiresConsiders the ways Islamic astronomy and astrology shaped beliefs and practices in the medieval and early modern Islamic and European worlds Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Islamic astrology History. Islamic astronomy History. Islamic Studies. RELIGION / Islam / History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110780444 print 9780748649105 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748649112 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748649112 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748649112/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Blake, Stephen, Blake, Stephen, |
spellingShingle |
Blake, Stephen, Blake, Stephen, Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of colour plates -- Preface -- 1 From Egypt to Islam -- 2 From Muhammad to the Seljuqs -- 3 The observatory in Isfahan -- 4 Astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus -- 5 The observatory in Maragha -- 6 The observatory in Samarqand -- 7 The observatory in Istanbul -- 8 The observatory in Shahjahanabad -- 9 Medieval and early-modern Europe -- 10 Conclusion -- Glossary: astronomical instruments -- Select bibliography -- Index |
author_facet |
Blake, Stephen, Blake, Stephen, |
author_variant |
s b sb s b sb |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Blake, Stephen, |
title |
Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / |
title_full |
Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / Stephen Blake. |
title_fullStr |
Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / Stephen Blake. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / Stephen Blake. |
title_auth |
Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of colour plates -- Preface -- 1 From Egypt to Islam -- 2 From Muhammad to the Seljuqs -- 3 The observatory in Isfahan -- 4 Astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus -- 5 The observatory in Maragha -- 6 The observatory in Samarqand -- 7 The observatory in Istanbul -- 8 The observatory in Shahjahanabad -- 9 Medieval and early-modern Europe -- 10 Conclusion -- Glossary: astronomical instruments -- Select bibliography -- Index |
title_new |
Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / |
title_sort |
astronomy and astrology in the islamic world / |
series |
The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS |
series2 |
The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS |
publisher |
Edinburgh University Press, |
publishDate |
2022 |
physical |
1 online resource (184 p.) : 9 colour illustrations Issued also in print. |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of colour plates -- Preface -- 1 From Egypt to Islam -- 2 From Muhammad to the Seljuqs -- 3 The observatory in Isfahan -- 4 Astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus -- 5 The observatory in Maragha -- 6 The observatory in Samarqand -- 7 The observatory in Istanbul -- 8 The observatory in Shahjahanabad -- 9 Medieval and early-modern Europe -- 10 Conclusion -- Glossary: astronomical instruments -- Select bibliography -- Index |
isbn |
9780748649112 9783110780444 9780748649105 |
callnumber-first |
Q - Science |
callnumber-subject |
QB - Astronomy |
callnumber-label |
QB23 |
callnumber-sort |
QB 223 B58 42016 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748649112 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748649112 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748649112/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
500 - Science |
dewey-tens |
520 - Astronomy |
dewey-ones |
520 - Astronomy & allied sciences |
dewey-full |
520.9/1767 |
dewey-sort |
3520.9 41767 |
dewey-raw |
520.9/1767 |
dewey-search |
520.9/1767 |
doi_str_mv |
10.1515/9780748649112 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT blakestephen astronomyandastrologyintheislamicworld |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)616690 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
_version_ |
1770176376974868480 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04479nam a22007215i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9780748649112</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20220302035458.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">220302t20222016stk fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="010" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">2016427604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780748649112</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1515/9780748649112</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)616690</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">stk</subfield><subfield code="c">GB-SCT</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">QB23</subfield><subfield code="b">.B58 2016</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">QB23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">REL037010</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">520.9/1767</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Blake, Stephen, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World /</subfield><subfield code="c">Stephen Blake.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Edinburgh : </subfield><subfield code="b">Edinburgh University Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2022]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2016</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (184 p.) :</subfield><subfield code="b">9 colour illustrations</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">List of colour plates -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Preface -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1 From Egypt to Islam -- </subfield><subfield code="t">2 From Muhammad to the Seljuqs -- </subfield><subfield code="t">3 The observatory in Isfahan -- </subfield><subfield code="t">4 Astronomy and astrology in al-Andalus -- </subfield><subfield code="t">5 The observatory in Maragha -- </subfield><subfield code="t">6 The observatory in Samarqand -- </subfield><subfield code="t">7 The observatory in Istanbul -- </subfield><subfield code="t">8 The observatory in Shahjahanabad -- </subfield><subfield code="t">9 Medieval and early-modern Europe -- </subfield><subfield code="t">10 Conclusion -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Glossary: astronomical instruments -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Select bibliography -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Surveys the contributions of Islamic astronomers and mathematicians to the development of astronomy and astrologyIt was the astronomers and mathematicians of the Islamic world who provided the theories and concepts that paved the way from the geocentric theories of Claudius Ptolemy in the second century AD to the heliocentric breakthroughs of Nicholas Copernicus and Johannes Kepler in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Algebra, the Arabic numeral system, and trigonometry: all these and more originated in the Muslim East and undergirded an increasingly accurate and sophisticated understanding of the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets. This nontechnical overview of the Islamic advances in the heavenly sciences allows the general reader to appreciate (for the first time) the absolutely crucial role that Muslim scientists played in the overall development of astronomy and astrology in the Eurasian world.Key FeaturesThe first accessible, non-technical history of Islamic astronomy and astrologySurveys the major advances in the heavenly sciences from Isfahan, Maragha and Samarqand from the ninth to the sixteenth centuriesShows the impact of astronomy and astrology on individuals and institutionsLooks at the influence of almanacs and horoscopes in the Mughal, Ottoman and Safavid EmpiresConsiders the ways Islamic astronomy and astrology shaped beliefs and practices in the medieval and early modern Islamic and European worlds</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="530" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Issued also in print.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Islamic astrology</subfield><subfield code="x">History.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Islamic astronomy</subfield><subfield code="x">History.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Islamic Studies.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">RELIGION / Islam / History.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110780444</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="c">print</subfield><subfield code="z">9780748649105</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748649112</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748649112</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748649112/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-078044-4 Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016</subfield><subfield code="b">2016</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_PLTLJSIS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_PLTLJSIS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |