{"product_id":"na-7779-299-r-al-d-299-n-al-7788-363-s-299-s-memoir-on-astronomy-al-tadhkira-f-299-cilm-al-haya-volume-i-introduction-edition-and-t-9781475722437","title":"Na\u0026#7779;\u0026#299;r Al-D\u0026#299;n Al-\u0026#7788;\u0026#363;s\u0026#299;'s Memoir on Astronomy (Al-Tadhkira F\u0026#299; CILM Al-Hay'a): Volume I: Introduction, Edition, and T","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): F. J. Ragep\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Space Science - Astronomy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was introduced to Tiisi: and his Tadhkira some 19 years ago. That first meeting was neither happy nor auspicious. My graduate student notes from the time indicate a certain level of confusion and frustration; I seem to have had trouble with such words as tadwlr (epicycle), which was not to be found in my standard dictionary, and with the concept of solid-sphere astronomy, which, when found, was pooh-poohed in the standard sources. I had another, even more decisive reaction: boredom. Only the end of the term brought relief, and I was grateful to be on to other, more exciting aspects of the history of science. A few years later, I found myself, thanks to fellowships from Fulbright-Hays and the American Research Center in Egypt, happily immersed in the manu- script collections of Damascus, Aleppo, and Cairo. Though I had intended to work on a topic in the history of mathematics, I was drawn, perhaps inevitably, to a certain type of astronomical writing falling under the rubric of hay' a. At first this fascination was based on sheer numbers; that so many medieval scientists could have written on such a subject must mean something, I told myself. (I was in a sociological mode at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45283412476055,"sku":"9781475722437","price":8079.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781475722437.webp?v=1769304914","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/na-7779-299-r-al-d-299-n-al-7788-363-s-299-s-memoir-on-astronomy-al-tadhkira-f-299-cilm-al-haya-volume-i-introduction-edition-and-t-9781475722437","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}