Astronomy in the Service of Islam by David A. King

Astronomy in the Service of Islam

Variorum Collected Studies

David A. King

352 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
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Based on a wide variety of previously unstudied sources, these articles explain how science was applied to three aspects of Islamic ritual in the Middle Ages: the regulation of the lunar calendar; the organisation of the times of the five daily pr...

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