Book ID: CBB000772115

Studies in Medieval Astronomy and Optics (2006)

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Mancha, José Luis (Author)


Ashgate, Variorum


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: x + 182 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Concerning the process of translation among Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic texts and the transmission of knowledge, Mancha looks at the theory and astronomical use of the pinhole camera in the 12th and 13th centuries, the characteristics of the Latin and Provençal versions of Levi ben Gerson's astronomical work, and the survival of homocentric astronomy in the Middle Ages.


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Review Langermann, Y. Tzvi (2007) Review of "Studies in Medieval Astronomy and Optics". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (p. 56). unapi

Review Burnett, Charles (2010) Review of "Studies in Medieval Astronomy and Optics". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 131). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Goldstein, Bernard R.
Mancha, J. L.
Iqbal, Muzaffar
Glasner, Ruth
Garshtein, Niran
Shi Yunli Zhu Haohao
Journals
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Intellectual History of the Islamicate World
Historia Mathematica
Archives d'Histoire Doctrinale et Littéraire du Moyen Âge
Publishers
Ashgate
Concepts
Astronomy
Translations
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Transmission of ideas
Cosmology
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
People
Levi Ben Gershon
al-Bitruji, Abu Ishaq, al-Ishbili
Ptolemy
Postel, Guillaume
Māshāʾallāh
Levi Ben Abraham Ben Hayyim
Time Periods
Medieval
12th century
Early modern
Modern
Renaissance
Ancient
Places
Europe
China
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