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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (184 p.) :; 9 colour illustrations |
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Table of 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