Mathematical Instrumentation in Fourteenth-Century Egypt and Syria

The Illustrated Treatise of Najm Al-Dīn Al-Miṣrī
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-13015-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 51, 562 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1125 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

This volume contains the critical edition with English translation of a richly-illustrated Arabic treatise on the construction of over one hundred various astronomical instruments, many of which are otherwise unknown to specialists. It was composed by Najm al-Din al-Misri, a rather shadowy figure, in Cairo ca. 1330. The edition is accompanied by a detailed technical and historical commentary, which is framed as a self-standing essay on Islamic mathematical instrumentation. While this essay/commentary is mainly based on Najm al-Din's treatise, it also benefits from the consultation of a large number of previously unstudied manuscripts, and includes a discussion of all relevant sources from the period 800–1500.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Charette, François

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

François Charette, Dr.Phil. nat. (2001) in History of Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, MIT. His work deals with the history of astronomy and scientific instrumentation in Islam.