A Brief Introduction to Astronomy in the Middle East

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A Brief Introduction to Astronomy in the Middle East

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The Middle East was both the birthplace of one of the oldest sciences in the world: astronomy, and the centre for its development during the medieval period.

Amongst other things, the book traces the Late Babylonians’ ingenious schemes for modelling planetary motion. It also reveals how medieval Islamic advances in the study of the heavens, and the design of precise astronomical instruments, led to breakthroughs by Renaissance practitioners such as Copernicus and Kepler.

Softcover

140 pages

ISBN: 9780863564284

Publisher: Saqi Books

Published March 2008

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John M. Steele is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Durham, where he researches and teaches the history of astronomy.

Canvas is a bi-monthly magazine distributed across the world and offering the very best in art and culture from the Middle East and beyond. With intelligent in-depth articles on everything from the visual arts to museums, galleries, photography and design, each issue carries an exclusive feature.

Saqi Books is a leading independent publisher of trade and academic books on the Middle East and North Africa with two imprints: Westbourne Press is committed to releasing engaging works that offer an alternative, progressive perspective on the leading issues of our time, and Telegram publishes new and classic international writing.

John M. Steele is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Durham, where he researches and teaches the history of astronomy.

Canvas is a bi-monthly magazine distributed across the world and offering the very best in art and culture from the Middle East and beyond. With intelligent in-depth articles on everything from the visual arts to museums, galleries, photography and design, each issue carries an exclusive feature.

Saqi Books is a leading independent publisher of trade and academic books on the Middle East and North Africa with two imprints: Westbourne Press is committed to releasing engaging works that offer an alternative, progressive perspective on the leading issues of our time, and Telegram publishes new and classic international writing.

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