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9780814780237

A History of Arabic Astronomy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780814780237

  • ISBN10:

    0814780237

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-07-01
  • Publisher: New York Univ Pr

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Based on the most recent manuscript discoveries, this book broadly surveys development sin Arabic planetary theories from the eleventh century to the fifteenth. Taken together, the primary texts and essays assembled in this book reverse traditional beliefs about the rise and fall of Arabic science, demonstrating how the traditional 'age of decline' in Arabic science was indeed a 'Golden Age' as far astronomy was concerned.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introductionp. 1
General Background of Arabic Astronomy
The Development of Astronomy in Medieval Islamic Societyp. 51
Astrology/Astronomy, Islamicp. 66
Development of Planetary Theories
Iban Sina and Abu Ubayd al-Juzjani: The Problem of the Ptolemaic Equantp. 85
The First Non-Ptolemaic Astronomy at the Maraghah Schoolp. 113
The Original Source of Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi's Planetary Modelp. 119
A Medieval Arabic Reform of the Ptolemaic Lunar Modelp. 135
The Role of the Almagest Commentaries in Medieval Arabic Astronomy: A Preliminary Survey of Tusi's Redaction of Ptolemy's Almagestp. 143
Observations and Observatories
An Observational Notebook of a Thirteenth-Century Astronomerp. 163
Solar Observations at the Maraghah Observatory before 1275: A New Set of Parametersp. 177
The Determination of the Solar Eccentricity and Apogee According to Muayyad al-Din al-Urdip. 187
The Determination of New Planetary Parameters at the Maragha Observatoryp. 208
Theory and Observation
Theory and Observation in Islamic Astronomy: The Work of Ibn al-Shatir of Damascusp. 233
Arabic Astronomy and Copernicus
The Role of Maragha in the Development of Islamic Astronomy: A Scientific Revolution before the Renaissancep. 245
The Astronomical Tradition of Maragha: A Historical Survey and Prospects for Future Researchp. 258
Arabic Astronomy and Copernicusp. 291
Bibliographyp. 307
Indexp. 319
About the Authorp. 341
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