商品簡介
This is the second collection of articles by Kunitzsch on Arabic-Islamic astronomy and its reception in medieval Europe. In this multi- lingual edition (English, German and French) Kunitzsch examines Ptolemy in the Arabic-Latin tradition, including and article or Gerard's translations of astronomical texts; Arabic astronomy, including a piece on Al-Sufi and the astrolabe stars; Arabic astronomy in the West, including an article on the Arab world in the times of de Gebert; and mathematics and numbers, including two articles on his research on Euclid's Elements). Kunitzsch includes indices of names and manuscripts. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Paul Kunitzsch is Emeritus Professor of Arabic Studies in the Institute of Semitic Studies, the University of Munich, Germany.
