Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī’s Memoir on Astronomy (al-Tadhkira fī cilm al-hay’a) : Volume I: Introduction, Edition, and Translation / by F. J. Ragep
(Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences ; 12)
| データ種別 | 電子ブック |
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| 出版者 | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer |
| 出版年 | 1993 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | XV, 371 p : online resource |
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| 内容注記 | 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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| 一般注記 | 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 |
| 著者標目 | *Ragep, F. J. author SpringerLink (Online service) |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Mathematics LCSH:Observations, Astronomical LCSH:Astronomy -- Observations 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Astrophysics FREE:Mathematics FREE:Mathematics, general FREE:Astronomy, Observations and Techniques FREE:Astrophysics and Astroparticles |
| 分 類 | DC23:510 |
| 巻冊次 | ISBN:9781475722413 
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| ISBN | 9781475722413 |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2241-3 |
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