| 书目名称 | Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī and the Configuration of the Heavens |
| 副标题 | A Comparison of Text |
| 编辑 | Kaveh Niazi |
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| 概述 | This study clarifies the relationship between three well-known but little studied medieval works on astronomy.Provides a detailed biography of Qu?b al-Din Shirazi, a leading scientist of his era.Sheds |
| 丛书名称 | Archimedes |
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| 描述 | .As a leading scientist of the 13th century C. E. Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī wrote three substantial works on .hay’a .(or the configuration of the celestial orbs):. .Nihāyat al-idrāk fī dirāyat al-aflāk. (“The Limits of Attainment in the Understanding of the Heavens”), .al-Tuḥfa al-shāhīya fī ‘ilm al-hay’a. (“The Royal Offering Regarding the Knowledge of the Configuration of the Heavens”), and .Ikhtīyārāt-i Muẓaffarī. (“The Muẓaffarī Elections”). Completed in less than four years and written in two of the classical languages of the Islamic world, Arabic and Persian, these works provide a fascinating window to the astronomical research carried out in Ilkhanid Persia. Shīrāzī and his colleagues were driven by their desire to rid Ptolemaic astronomy from its perceived shortcomings. An intriguing trail of revisions and emendations in Shīrāzī’s .hay’a .texts serves to highlight both those features of Shīrāzī‘s astronomy that were inherited from his predecessors, as well as his original contributions to this branch of astronomical research. As a renowned savant, Shīrāzī spent a large portion of his career near centers of political power in Persia and Anatolia. A study of his scientific outp |
| 出版日期 | Book 2014 |
| 关键词 | Ilkhanid; Ilkhanid Persia; Maragha; Shīrāzī‘; Tusi; al-Urdi |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6999-1 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-94-024-0082-3 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-6999-1Series ISSN 1385-0180 Series E-ISSN 2215-0064 |
| issn_series | 1385-0180 |
| copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 |
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