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RecordNumber
1760
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Author
Brummelen, Glen van
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Title of Article
The Travels of Astronomical Tables within Medieval Islam: A Summary
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Title Of Journal
Suhayl
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Publication Year
2014
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Issue Number
13
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Page
11-21
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Keywords
astronomy , numerical tables , Ptolemy , India , al-Andalus
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Notes
براي دانلود و مشاهده مقاله به قسمت لينكهاي مرتبط مراجعه نماييد.
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Abstract
This survey of the movements of astronomical tables within medieval Islam provides a backdrop for the remaining articles in this volume. We discuss the types of document that contained astronomical tables, and some of the analytical tools that have produced discoveries with respect to the transmission of tables from one author or subculture to another. We conclude with a summary of table transmission: from origins with the appropriation of traditions of astronomical tables taken from Greece and India, through the establishment of a Ptolemaic tradition in the 9th century and a uniquely Islamic expansion of methods and concepts starting in the 10th, to important sub-traditions in alAndalus and the Maghrib.
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