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A princely pandect on astronomy : Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Muʻīnīya Epistle and its appendix / Kaveh Niazi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Niazi, Kaveh, author.
- Series:
- Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; 2215-0064 v. 58.
- Archimedes, 2215-0064 ; volume 58
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274.
- Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad.
- Islamic astronomy.
- Astronomy, Arab--Early works to 1800.
- Astronomy, Arab.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 516 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction
- Chapter 1 Tūsī’s haya
- Chapter 2 Tūsī as a Young Scholar
- Chapter 3 On the Structure and Contents of Risāla-yi Muīnīya
- Part II. Edition and Translation of Risāla-yi Muīnīya
- Chapter 4 Book One: On the Introduction to this Science
- Chapter 5 Two: On the Configuration of the Celestial Bodies
- Chapter 6 Book Three: On the Configuration of the Earth and the Difference in the State of its Regions Due to the Difference in the State of the Celestial Bodies
- Chapter 7 Book Four: On the Distances and Bodies
- Part III. Tūsī’s Commentary on Risāla-yi Muīnīya
- Chapter 8 The Chapters. Appendices
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 22, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 9783030507619
- 3030507610
- Publisher Number:
- 99992478036
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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