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Planetary Equatorium of Jamshid Ghiyath al-Din al-Kashi
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Full Title:
Planetary Equatorium of Jamshid Ghiyath al-Din al-Kashi
Contributors:
By (Author) Edward Stewart Kennedy
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
30th May 2017
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
284
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
397g
Description
Instruments for solving astronomical problems are part of a continuous tradition reaching far back through the Middle Ages into the Hellenistic world. Dr. Kennedy expands the history of analog computers by providing an account of an important development in Central Asia where, in the Samarqand observatory of the Timurid prince Ulugh Beg, an outstan
