A History of Arabic Astronomy: Planetary Theories During the Golden Age of Islam Revised Edition Contributor(s): Saliba, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814780237 ISBN-13: 9780814780237 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1995 Annotation: 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Science | Astronomy - Social Science |
Dewey: 520.917 |
Series: Nyu Studies in Ne Civilization |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.08" W x 8.3" (1.14 lbs) 352 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A History of Arabic Astronomy is a comprehensive survey of Arabic planetary theories from the eleventh century to the fifteenth century based on recent manuscript discoveries. George Saliba argues that the medieval period, often called a period of decline in Islamic intellectual history, was scientifically speaking, a very productive period in which astronomical theories of the highest order were produced. |
Contributor Bio(s): Saliba, George: - George Saliba is Chairman of the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University in the city of New York, and Professor of Arabic and Islamic Science at the same institution. He works mainly on the history of Arabic astronomy, with a special interest in the development of planetary theories. He has won many grants and awards from various organizations including the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His current research involves the extension of the survey presented in History of Arabic Astronomy to include the centuries before the eleventh and after the fifteenth. |