A history of Arabic astronomy : planetary theories during the golden age of Islam
In this survey of Arabic planetary theories from the 11th to the 15th centuries, Saliba argues that what has been considered an age of decline in Arabic science was in fact a "Golden Age" for astronomy.
History
ix, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780814779620, 081477962X
28723059
I. General Background of Arabic Astronomy. 1. The Development of Astronomy in Medieval Islamic Society. 2. Astrology/Astronomy, Islamic
II. Development of Planetary Theories. 3. Iban Sina and Abu Ubayd al-Juzjani: The Problem of the Ptolemaic Equant. 4. The First Non-Ptolemaic Astronomy at the Maraghah School. 5. The Original Source of Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi's Planetary Model. 6. A Medieval Arabic Reform of the Ptolemaic Lunar Model. 7. The Role of the Almagest Commentaries in Medieval Arabic Astronomy: A Preliminary Survey of Tusi's Redaction of Ptolemy's Almagest
III. Observations and Observatories. 8. An Observational Notebook of a Thirteenth-Century Astronomer. 9. Solar Observations at the Maraghah Observatory before 1275: A New Set of Parameters. 10. The Determination of the Solar Eccentricity and Apogee According to Muayyad al-Din al-Urdi. 11. The Determination of New Planetary Parameters at the Maragha Observatory
IV. Theory and Observation. 12. Theory and Observation in Islamic Astronomy: The Work of Ibn al-Shatir of Damascus
V. Arabic Astronomy and Copernicus. 13. The Role of Maragha in the Development of Islamic Astronomy: A Scientific Revolution before the Renaissance. 14. The Astronomical Tradition of Maragha: A Historical Survey and Prospects for Future Research. 15. Arabic Astronomy and Copernicus