A princely pandect on astronomy : Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Muʻīnīya epistle and its appendix / / Kaveh Niazi

• Autore: Niazi Kaveh
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (524 pages)
• Disciplina: 520
• Soggetto topico: Astronomy, Arab; Islamic astronomy
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction -- Ṭūsī's Hayʾa -- Ṭūsī as a Young Scholar -- The Biographical Sources -- Childhood and Youth -- Ṭūsī's Stay with the Ismāʿīlīs -- On the Structure and Content of Risāla-yi Muʿīnīya -- The Preface -- Book One of Risāla-yi muʿīnīya -- Book Two of the Risāla-yi muʿīnīya -- Book Three of the Risāla-yi muʿīnīya -- Book Four of Risāla-yi muʿīnīya -- The Ḥall -- Part II: Edition and Translation of < -- Emphasis Type="Italic"> -- Risāla-yi Muʿīnīya< -- /Emphasis> -- -- Preface -- Book One: On the Introduction to This Science -- Chapter One: An Introduction to Geometry -- Chapter Two: On Introductory Remarks Pertaining to the Natural Sciences -- Book Two: On the Configuration of the Celestial Bodies -- Chapter One: On Simple Bodies and Their Situation -- Chapter Two: A Description of the Primary and Secondary Motions, and the Names of the Great Circles -- Chapter Three: On the Eighth Orb and the Fixed Stars and Their Situation -- Chapter Four: On the Orbs and Motions of the Sun -- Chapter Five: On the Orbs and Motions of the Moon in Longitude -- Chapter Six: On the Orbs and Motions of the Superior Planets and Venus in Longitude -- Chapter Seven: On the Orbs and Motions of Mercury in Longitude -- Chapter Eight: On the Latitude of the Six Planets -- Chapter Nine: On Sectors -- Chapter Ten: On Retrograde, Direct Motion, Heliacal Risings and Settings -- Chapter Eleven: On the Parallax of the Inferior Planets -- Chapter Twelve: On the Reasons for the Increase and Decrease in the Luminance of the Moon -- Chapter Thirteen: On the Causes for Solar and Lunar Eclipses and the Time Period That Separates Consecutive Solar or Lunar Eclipses -- Chapter Fourteen: On Conjunctions and the Visibility and Invisibility of Stars. ; Book Three: On the Configuration of Earth and the Difference in the State of Its Regions Due to the Difference in the State of the Celestial Bodies -- Chapter One: On the Configuration of Earth and a Short Description of Its Situation -- Chapter Two: On the Attributes of Locations Along the Equator -- Chapter Three: On the Attributes of Locations That Have a Latitude That Is Smaller Than or Equal to the Obliquity -- Chapter Four: On the Attributes of Locations That Have a Latitude That Is Greater Than the Obliquity, up to Where It Is Equal to the Complement of the Obliquity -- Chapter Five: On the Attributes of Locations That Have a Latitude That Is Greater Than the Complement of the Obliquity up to the Limit of Latitude -- Chapter Six: On the Co-Ascensions of the Ecliptic, and Those Are Parts of the Equinoctial That Rise with a Parts of the Ecliptic -- Chapter Seven: On Knowledge of the Equation of Daylight and the Ortive Amplitude -- Chapter Eight: On the Degrees of Transit and of Rising and Setting -- Chapter Nine: On Day and Night and Morning and Dawn and Equal and Unequal Hours -- Chapter Ten: On the Year, Month, and Leap Years -- Chapter Eleven. On Knowledge of Shadows and Their Dependence on Altitude -- Chapter Twelve: On the Meridian and the Bearing of Lands -- Book Four. On Distances and Bodies -- Chapter One: On the Extent of Earth and a Description of It -- Chapter Two: On the Ratio of the Body of the Moon to That of Earth -- Chapter Three: On the Distances of the Moon from Earth -- Chapter Four: On the Body and Distances of the Sun -- Chapter Five: On the Distances and Bodies of the Wandering Planets -- Chapter Six: On the Distance and Bodies of the Fixed Stars -- Part III: < -- Emphasis Type="BoldItalic"> -- Ḥall-i Mushkilāt-i Muʿīnīya< -- /Emphasis> -- -- Edition and Translation of Ṭūsī's Appendix to Risāla-yi Muʿīnīya. ; (Preface) -- Ḥall-i Mushkilāt-i Muʿīnīya (the Chapters) -- On the Fact That If the Complement of the Latitude of a Fixed Star Is Larger Than the Local Latitude Minus the Obliquity, It Is Possible After It Has Been Permanently Invisible or Permanently Visible to Experience Visibility or Invisibility -- On Why the Eccentric Orb Was Chosen Over the Epicycle for the Sun -- On Resolving the Doubt Regarding the Motion of the Center of the Lunar Epicycle on the Perimeter of the Deferent, and the Uniformity of That Motion Relative to the Center of the World -- On the Orbit of the Center of the Lunar Epicycle -- On the Configuration of the Orbs of the Stars According to the Method of Abū ʿAlī Ibn al-Haytham -- On Knowledge of the Locations for the Station of Planets on the Epicycle -- On Explaining the Difference Between the Lunar and Solar Eclipse, Due to Differences in Latitude and Other Reasons -- On Visualizing the Equation of Daylight -- On the Figure of the Indian Circle and the Azimuth of Lands and Other Topics Related to the Meridian -- Appendices -- Appendix A: From Ṭūsī's letter to Athīr al-Dīn Abharī (reproduced from Mudarris Razavi, Aḥwāl, 518) -- Appendix B: Table of Contents for al-Tabṣira fī ʿilm al-hayʾa -- Appendix C: From the introduction to al-Tabṣira fī ʿilm al-hayʾa (Book One) -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Blank Page -- Blank Page -- Blank Page -- Blank Page -- Blank Page -- Blank Page -- Blank Page.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Princely Pandect on Astronomy
• ISBN: 9783030507619; 9783030507602
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910631079003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Archimedes