The Development of Astronomy in the Islamicate Third/Ninth Century: A Case Study of Planetary Sizes and Distances in Claudius Ptolemy, Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib, al-Farghānī, Thābit b. Qurra, and Pseudo-Qusṭā b. Lūqā
While the astronomers of Abbasid Baghdad were creating new methods of observation and updating astronomical values, they were also engaged in the translation movement, in which scientific texts from ancient languages like Greek, Persian, and Sanskrit were translated into Arabic. One of the ancient s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-200 |
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Claudius Ptolemy
B translation movement B al-Maʾmūn B Baghdad B history of science B Astronomy |
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