New Perspectives on the History of Islamic Science

New Perspectives on the History of Islamic Science

Volume 3

Iqbal, Muzaffar

Taylor & Francis Ltd

03/2012

570

Dura

Inglês

9780754629146

15 a 20 dias

1210

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Contents: Introduction; Part I Theoretical Underpinnings: Reflections on some new studies on applied science in Islamic societies (8th-19th centuries), David A. King; Problems of the transmission of Greek scientific thought into Arabic: examples from mathematics and optics, Roshdi Rashed; Ibn Khaldun on the fate of Islamic science after the 11th century, Mohamad Abdalla; Between philosophy and mathematics: examples of interactions in classical Islam, Roshdi Rashed; The universe as a system: Ibn Sina's cosmology revisited, Syamsuddin Arif; Al-Quhi: from meteorology to astronomy, Roshdi Rashed. Part II Building Blocks of the Revisionist History: Al-Quhi vs Aristotle: on motion, Roshdi Rashed; The new astronomy of Ibn al-Haytham, Christian Houzel; The Configuration of the Universe: a book by al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham?, Roshdi Rashed; Lunar mansions and timekeeping in Western Islam, Julio SamsA (3); An instrument of mass calculation made by Nastulus in Baghdad ca 900, David A. King; A pioneer in anaclastics: Ibn Sahl on burning mirrors and lenses, Roshdi Rashed; Causality in Islamic philosophy: the arguments of Ibn Sina, Syamsuddin Arif; The astronomy of the Mamluks, David A. King; Arabic versions and reediting of Apollonius' Conics, Roshdi Rashed; Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's revision of Theodosius's Spherics, Nathan Sidoli and Takanori Kusuba; Time, motion, distance, and change in the Kalam of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi: a preliminary survey with special reference to the Matalib 'Aliyah, 'Adi Setia; The universal plate revisited, Emilia Calvo and Roser Puig; The solar eclipse technique of Yahya b. Abi Mansur, E. S. Kennedy and Nazim Faris; Arabic science in 16th-century Europe: Guillaume Postel (1510-1581) and Arabic astronomy, George Saliba. Part III Looking Forward: History of science and diversity at the beginning of the 21st century, Roshdi Rashed; Name index.
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Ibn Al Haytham;ACB;ibn;Ibn Qurra;alhaytham;Vice Versa;Al Haytham;tht;Muslim Astronomers;qurra;Folk Astronomy;shatir;Muslim World;roshdi;Arc AB;rashed;Burning Mirrors;sahl;Lunar Mansions;astronomy;Diameter AC;Greek scientific thought;Spherical Astronomy;Islamic philosophy;Astronomical Timekeeping;Islamic Science;Islamic societies;Solar Longitude;Islamic scientific tradition;Ellipsoidal Mirror;Line AC;Great Circle;Solid Figures;Hourly Circle;Seasonal Hours;Pope Paul III;Continuous Drawing;Rectilinear Motion