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Auteur(s) : King, David A. (1941-....)
Titre(s) : Islamic astronomy and geography [Texte imprimé] / David A. King
Publication : Farnham : Ashgate variorum, cop. 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (pagination multiple) : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Variorum collected studies series ; CS1009
Lien à la collection : Collected studies series
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
This volume of 12 studies, mainly published during the past 15 years, begins with
an overview of the Islamic astronomy covering not only sophisticated mathematical
astronomy and instrumentation but also simple folk astronomy, and the ways in which
astronomy was used in the service of religion. It continues with discussions of the
importance of Islamic instruments and scientific manuscript illustrations. Three studies
deal with the regional schools that developed in Islamic astronomy, in this case,
Egypt and the Maghrib. Another focuses on a curious astrological table for calculating
the length of life of any individual. The notion of the world centred on the sacred
Kaaba in Mecca inspired both astronomers and proponents of folk astronomy to propose
methods for finding the qibla, or sacred direction towards the Kaaba; their activities
are surveyed here. The interaction between the mathematical and folk traditions in
astronomy is then illustrated by an 11th-century text on the qibla in Transoxania.
The last three studies deal with an account of the geodetic measurements sponsored
by the Caliph al-Ma'mun in the 9th century; a world-map in the tradition of the 11th-century
polymath al-Biruni, alas corrupted by careless copying; and a table of geographical
coordinates from 15th-century Egypt
Sujet(s) : Astronomie arabe -- Histoire
Astronomie -- Mathématiques -- Histoire
Géographie astronomique -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
520.956 09 (23e éd.) = Astronomie et sciences connexes - Moyen-Orient - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781409442011. - ISBN 1409442012 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436718553
Notice n° :
FRBNF43671855
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