Book ID: CBB000953090

Aspects of the Astrolabe: “Architectonica Ratio” in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Europe (2008)

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Borrelli, Arianna (Author)


Franz Steiner Verlag


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: 270 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Highlights the epistemological significance of the astrolabe and its role in the transmission of mathematical knowledge from the Arab world.


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Review Hogendijk, Jan P. (2009) Review of "Aspects of the Astrolabe: “Architectonica Ratio” in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Europe". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 900). unapi

Review Brummelen, Glen Van (2010) Review of "Aspects of the Astrolabe: “Architectonica Ratio” in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Europe". Historia Mathematica (p. 118). unapi

Review Edson, Evelyn (2010) Review of "Aspects of the Astrolabe: “Architectonica Ratio” in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Europe". Technology and Culture (p. 776). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rashed, Roshdi
Taheri, Jafar
Knox-Johnston, Robin
Vahabzadeh, Bijan
Thomann, Johannes
Starr, S. Frederick
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Mathematics
Astrolabes
Astronomy
Geometry
Instruments, astronomical
Time Periods
10th century
11th century
Medieval
9th century
13th century
12th century
Places
Spain
Central Asia
Greece
Europe
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