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Thesis ID: CBB001561077

The Astronomies of al-Sụfi's “Book of the Constellations of the Fixed Stars” (2009)

Brown, Laurel (Author)

Columbia University
Saliba, George

Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: Advisor: Saliba, George
Physical Details: 393 pp.
Language: English

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Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture Astronomy Medieval 10th century al-Sufi, Abu al-Husain ‘Abd al-Rahman

This thesis will look at the astronomy surrounding The Book of the Constellations of the Fixed Stars , by the Arabic-writing astronomer al-S[dotbelow]ufi. The origins of the fixed-star astronomy included in al-S[dotbelow]ufi's book, both Greek and Arabic, will be analyzed and compared. al-S[dotbelow]ufi's own use of those astronomies, especially in the ways that he criticized, corrected, and universalized them, paved the way for a new and more widely-applicable astronomy. In addition to providing the most important source on fixed-star astronomy in Arabic, the information from al-S[dotbelow]ufi's book transferred to the later astronomies of Europe and East Africa.

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Description Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 70/08 (2010). Pub. no. AAT 3374102.

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