{"product_id":"the-astronomers-of-islam-from-persian-star-tables-to-copernicus-9798198989764","title":"The Astronomers of Islam: From Persian Star Tables to Copernicus","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Clayton Louis Turnage\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Middle East - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, the story of astronomy has been told as a straight line from Ptolemy to Copernicus - from ancient Greece to Renaissance Europe, from a mistaken Earth-centered universe to the bold moment when Europe finally moved the Earth around the Sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that story leaves out the sky in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before Copernicus changed the center of the cosmos, astronomers working across the Persianate and Islamic worlds had already translated, measured, corrected, and redesigned the heavens. In Baghdad, Rayy, Khwarazm, Maragha, Damascus, C�rdoba, Toledo, and Sicily, scholars preserved ancient astronomy - but they did far more than preserve it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey transformed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Astronomers of Islam: From Persian Star Tables to Copernicus\u003c\/b\u003e reveals the hidden prehistory of one of science's greatest revolutions. From \u003cb\u003eal-Khwarizmi's astronomical tables\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eal-Battani's refined solar measurements\u003c\/b\u003e, from \u003cb\u003eal-Biruni's measurement of the Earth\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eNasir al-Din al-Tusi's mathematical reforms\u003c\/b\u003e, from \u003cb\u003eIbn al-Shatir's planetary models\u003c\/b\u003e to the Arabic-to-Latin translations that reshaped European learning, this book uncovers the forgotten chain of knowledge behind the Renaissance sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopernicus was a revolutionary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he was not alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Europe moved the Earth, Islamic and Persianate astronomers had already moved the mathematics. They challenged Ptolemy, corrected ancient values, built instruments of precision, founded observatories, and created models that brought the old universe closer to transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not about diminishing Copernicus or denying Europe's achievements. It is about completing the story. The Renaissance did not emerge from darkness. It emerged from centuries of transmission, translation, observation, and correction - much of it carried by scholars whose names are too often missing from the popular history of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003cb\u003eBefore the Renaissance: Persia, Islam, and the Hidden Origins of Western Genius\u003c\/b\u003e series, this volume restores the Islamic and Persianate astronomers to their rightful place in the story of modern science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sky was never Western.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was always a shared inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889906139287,"sku":"9798198989764","price":917.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798198989764.webp?v=1781178182","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-astronomers-of-islam-from-persian-star-tables-to-copernicus-9798198989764","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}