| 期刊全称 | A Princely Pandect on Astronomy | | 期刊简称 | Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī‘s | | 影响因子2023 | Kaveh Niazi | | 视频video | | | 发行地址 | Presents an English-language translation of a major astronomical work of the Islamic era.Contains what is perhaps the first English translation of a Persian work in hay’a.Highlights a work that was to | | 学科分类 | Archimedes | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | .This book presents an English-language translation of Risālā-yi Muʿīnīya, or the Muʿīnīya Epistle. Risālā-yi Muʿīnīya is one of the earliest known works of Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī (1201–1274), an intellectual luminary of the 13th century CE. The work is notable for the choice of Ṭūsī’s native Persian as the language of the text. In addition, Ṭūsī organized his volume into a four-part structure, which went on to become a popular template for the Islamic astronomers who succeeded him. .This book helped ensure the patronage of Ṭūsī‘s courtly patrons during his decades-long stay with the Ismaʿīlīs, as well as the continuation of his remarkable career under the first Ilkhanid rulers of Persia. This translation helps make this notable treatise accessible to English language readers. It is among a handful of English translations of major astronomical works dealing with hay’a/cosmography in the Islamic world. .Subsequently Ṭūsī was to pen hisown commentary on the work (the Ḥall-i Mushkilāt-i Muʿīnīya, or A solution to the difficulties of the Muʿīnīya) and he used this occasion to discuss his celebrated mathematical formulation “the Ṭūsī Couple” (a concept that he merely hinted at in the Risālā | | Pindex | Book 2022 |
The information of publication is updating
|
|
发表于 2025-3-21 16:12:30
