In Synchrony with the Heavens, Volume 2 Instruments of Mass Calculation - (Studies X-XVIII)

This is the first investigation of one of the main interests of astronomy in Islamic civilization, namely, timekeeping by the sun and stars and the regulation of the astronomically-defined times of Muslim prayer. The study is based on over 500 medieval astronomical manuscripts first identified by the author, now preserved in libraries all over the world and originally from the entire Islamic world from the Maghrib to Central Asia and the Yemen.

About the author

David A. King, Ph.D. (1972) in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Yale University, has been Professor of the History of Science at the J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt since 1985. He has published extensively on astronomy and astronomical instruments in Islamic civilization.

Product details

• Authors: David King
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2013
• EAN: 9789004261808
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26180-8
• No. of pages: 1146
• Dimensions: 212 mm x 269 mm x 48 mm
• Weight: 2683 g
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology a
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous