Astronomy and astrology in the Islamic world / Stephen P. Blake.
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TextSeries: New Edinburgh Islamic surveys: Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: ix, 163 pages, 8 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780748649105; 0748649107; 9780748649099; 0748649093Subject(s): Islamic astronomy -- History | Islamic astrology -- History | Islamic astrology | Islamic astronomy | Astrologie | Astronomie | Islam | 39.01 history of astronomy | ScienceGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 520.9/1767 LOC classification: QB23 | .B58 2016| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158) and index.
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.
Surveys the contributions of Islamic astronomers and mathematicians to the development of astronomy and astrology.
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