Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's Memoir on Astronomy (al-Tadhkira fi cilm al-hay'a) - Volume I: Introduction, Edition, and Translation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 12
Release date:	August 2014
First published:	1993
Authors:	F. J Ragep
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	371
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
ISBN-13:	978-1-4757-2243-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics Promotions
LSN:	1-4757-2243-5
Barcode:	9781475722437

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