Book ID: CBB000058256

A history of Arabic astronomy: Planetary theories during the golden age of Islam (1994)

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Saliba, George A. (Author)


New York University Press


Publication Date: 1994
Physical Details: ix + 340 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Ragep, F. Jamil (1996) Review of "A history of Arabic astronomy: Planetary theories during the golden age of Islam". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 154-55). unapi

Review Morelon, R. (1996) Review of "A history of Arabic astronomy: Planetary theories during the golden age of Islam". Historia Mathematica (pp. 330-32). unapi

Review Vescovini, G. Federici (1997) Review of "A history of Arabic astronomy: Planetary theories during the golden age of Islam". Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences (pp. 428-29). unapi

Review Berggren, L. (1997) Review of "A history of Arabic astronomy: Planetary theories during the golden age of Islam". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 270-72). unapi

Review Dallal, A.S. (1997) Review of "A history of Arabic astronomy: Planetary theories during the golden age of Islam". Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (pp. 283-97). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Saliba, George A.
Kennedy, Edward S.
Viladrich, Mercè
Savage-Smith, Emilie
Samsó, Julio
Sabra, A. I.
Concepts
Crying; tears
Research institutes; research stations
Astronomy
Institutions
Real Sociedad Matemática Española
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