عنوان

Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World

Number

2216414

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World

First Statement of Responsibility

Stephen P. Blake.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Edinburgh

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Edinburgh University Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2016]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 163 p

Series Title

The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys

Text of Note

E.Book: 25235

Text of Note

It 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.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158) and index.

Text of Note

From Egypt to Islam -- From Muhammad to the Seljuqs -- The observatory in Isfahan -- Astronomy and astrology in Al-Andalus -- The observatory in Maragha -- The observatory in Samarqand -- The observatory in Istanbul -- The observatory in Shahjahanabad -- Medieval and early-modern Europe -- Conclusion -- Glossary: astronomical instruments.

Islamic astronomy--History.

Islamic astrology--History.

Astronomy Arabic

Astrology, Arabic

Blake, Stephen P.