Essays on Medieval computational astronomy

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In Essays on Medieval Computational Astronomy the authors provide examples of original and intelligent approaches and solutions given by medieval astronomers to the problems of their discipline, mostly presented in the form of astronomical tables.

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Full title :Essays on Medieval computational astronomy / by Jośe Chab́as, Bernard R. Goldstein.

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Publication Date:2015

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Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9789004281752, 9004281754
DOI:10.1163/9789004281752.
oclc:ocn897378923
LC Classification:QB26
Dewey Decimal:521.01/51

List of Figures; Introduction; Part 1. Conjunctions and Oppositions; Chapter 1. Nicholaus de Heybech and His Table for Finding True Syzygy; Chapter 2. Computational Astronomy: Five Centuries of Finding True Syzygy; Chapter 3. Transmission of Computational Methods within the Alfonsine Corpus: The Case of the Tables of Nicholaus de Heybech; Part 2. Planetary Motions; Chapter 4. Ptolemy, Bianchini, and Copernicus: Tables for Planetary Latitudes; Chapter 5. Displaced Tables in Latin: The Tables for the Seven Planets for 1340

Chapter 6. Computing Planetary Positions: User-Friendliness and the Alfonsine CorpusPart 3. Sets of Tables; Chapter 7. Andalusian Astronomy: al-Zīj al-Muqtabis of Ibn al-Kammād; Chapter 8. Early Alfonsine Astronomy in Paris: The Tables of John Vimond (1320); Chapter 9. John of Murs's Tables of 1321; Chapter 10. Isaac Ibn al-Hạdib and Flavius Mithridates: The Diffusion of an Iberian Astronomical Tradition in the Late Middle Ages; Part 4. Other Tables; Chapter 11. Ibn al-Kammād's Star List; Chapter 12. Astronomical Activity in Portugal in the Fourteenth Century; Index