02421oam 2200529I 450 991015319940332120230810001420.01-315-51261-01-315-51259-91-315-51260-210.4324/9781315512617 (CKB)3710000000960669(MiAaPQ)EBC5113422(OCoLC)964585745(BIP)56234728(BIP)55235567(EXLCZ)99371000000096066920180706e20171990 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIbn al Haytham's On the configuration of the world /edited by Y. Tzvi LangermannLondon ;New York :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (397 pages)Routledge Library Editions. Language and Literature of the Middle East ;Volume 7"First published in 1990 by Garland Publishing, Inc."--T.p. verso.1-138-69883-0 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.Introduction -- On the configuration of the world -- Lexicon -- Indices -- Arabic text.The chief argument of this book, first published in 1990, is that Ibn al-Haytham's On the Configuration of the World is a non-technical expose of basic astronomical teachings: it was written in particular for those whose main interests were in the areas of philosophy and natural science and who, accordingly, had an interest in relating the mathematical devices employed by professional astronomers to the heavenly bodies mentioned in the philosophical literature. However, the primary reason for this publication is not the advancement of this thesis, but rather the presentation of the medieval texts themselves, normally so inaccessible to scholars and students alike.Astronomy, MedievalAstronomy, GreekCosmology, MedievalAstronomy, Medieval.Astronomy, Greek.Cosmology, Medieval.520Alhazen965-1039.,622520Langermann Y. Tzvi1103351FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910153199403321Ibn al Haytham's On the configuration of the world2800747UNINA