Nasir al-Din al- usi's Memoir on Astronomy (al-Tadhkira fi cilm al-hay'a) - Volume I: Introduction, Edition, and Translation

I was introduced to Tiisi: and his Tadhkira some 19 years ago. That first meeting was neither happy nor auspicious. My graduate student notes from the time indicate a certain level of confusion and frustration; I seem to have had trouble with such words as tadwlr (epicycle), which was not to be found in my standard dictionary, and with the concept of solid-sphere astronomy, which, when found, was pooh-poohed in the standard sources. I had another, even more decisive reaction: boredom. Only the end of the term brought relief, and I was grateful to be on to other, more exciting aspects of the history of science. A few years later, I found myself, thanks to fellowships from Fulbright-Hays and the American Research Center in Egypt, happily immersed in the manu script collections of Damascus, Aleppo, and Cairo. Though I had intended to work on a topic in the history of mathematics, I was drawn, perhaps inevitably, to a certain type of astronomical writing falling under the rubric of hay' a. At first this fascination was based on sheer numbers; that so many medieval scientists could have written on such a subject must mean something, I told myself. (I was in a sociological mode at the time.

List of contents

I General Introduction.-
1. Na??r al-D?n al-?01B6;s?.-
2. The Tadhkira.- II Edition and Translation.- III Commentary Figures.- IV Commentary.- V Critical Apparatus.- VI Appendices and Indices.

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• Authors: F J Ragep, F. J. Ragep, F. Jamil Ragep
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781475722437
• ISBN: 978-1-4757-2243-7
• No. of pages: 371
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Illustrations: XV, 371 p.
• Series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences; Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous