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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35666761 Title: A history of Arabic astronomy : planetary theories during the golden age of Islam Author: George Saliba Publisher: New York : New York University Press, ©1994. ISBN/ISSN: 0814780237 9780814780237 9780814779620 081477962X OCLC:35666761

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A history of Arabic astronomy : planetary theories during the golden age of Islam

Author:	George Saliba
Publisher:	New York : New York University Press, ©1994.
Series:	New York University studies in Near Eastern civilization, no. 19.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Subjects	Astronomy, Arab. Planetary theory -- History. Astronomy -- Related to -- Islam View all subjects
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	George Saliba Find more information about:
ISBN:	0814780237 9780814780237 9780814779620 081477962X
OCLC Number:	35666761
Description:	ix, 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	pt. 1. General background of Arabic astronomy. The development of astronomy in medieval Islamic society -- Astrology/Astronomy, Islamic -- pt. 2. Development of planetary theories. Iban Sīnā and Abū 'Ubayd al-Jūzjānī: the problem of the Ptolemaic equant -- The first non-Ptolemaic astronomy at the Maraghah School -- The original source of Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī's planetary model -- A medieval Arabic reform of the Ptolemaic Lunar Model -- The role of the Almagest commentaries in medieval Arabic astronomy: a preliminary survey of Ṭūsī's redaction of Ptolemy's Almagest -- pt. 3. Observations and observatories. An observational notebook of a thirteenth-century astronomer -- Solar observations at the Maraghah Observatory before 1275: a new set of parameters -- The determination of the solar eccentricity and apogee according to Mu'ayyad al-Dīn al-'Urdī -- The determination of new planetary parameters at the Maragha Observatory -- pt. 4. Theory and observation. Theory and observation in Islamic astronomy: the work of Ibn al-Shāṭir of Damascus -- pt. 5. Arabic astronomy and Copernicus. The role of Maragha in the development of Islamic astronomy: a scientific revolution before the Renaissance -- The astronomical tradition of Maragha: a historical survey and prospects for future research -- Arabic astronomy and Copernicus.
Series Title:	New York University studies in Near Eastern civilization, no. 19.
Other Titles:	Arabic astronomy Planetary theories during the golden age of Islam
Responsibility:	George Saliba.
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