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Author : James E.. Morrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780939320301
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Astrolabe written by James E.. Morrison and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Farghānī
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783515087131
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (871 download)
Download or read book On the Astrolabe written by Farghānī and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Middle Ages the astrolabe was the best known and most widely used astronomical instrument both in the Islamic world and in the West. The oldest extant description of the construction of this instrument was written by the well-known Arabic astronomer al-Farghani (Baghdad, ca. 856). His treatise is especially valuable because of the tables it contains to enable an artificer to draw the various circles and arcs on the instrument. The Arabic text of this work, including the tables, is presented here for the first time in a critical edition, accompanied by an English translation and a commentary reproducing al-Farghani's reasoning in modern mathematical notation.
Author : Seb Falk
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324002948
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)
Download or read book The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science written by Seb Falk and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of 2020 by The Telegraph, The Times, and BBC History Magazine An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk. "Falk’s bubbling curiosity and strong sense of storytelling always swept me along. By the end, The Light Ages didn’t just broaden my conception of science; even as I scrolled away on my Kindle, it felt like I was sitting alongside Westwyk at St. Albans abbey, leafing through dusty manuscripts by candlelight." —Alex Orlando, Discover Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. As medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky, they came to develop a vibrant scientific culture. In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on a tour of medieval science through the eyes of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. Born in a rural manor, educated in England’s grandest monastery, and then exiled to a clifftop priory, Westwyk was an intrepid crusader, inventor, and astrologer. From multiplying Roman numerals to navigating by the stars, curing disease, and telling time with an ancient astrolabe, we learn emerging science alongside Westwyk and travel with him through the length and breadth of England and beyond its shores. On our way, we encounter a remarkable cast of characters: the clock-building English abbot with leprosy, the French craftsman-turned-spy, and the Persian polymath who founded the world’s most advanced observatory. The Light Ages offers a gripping story of the struggles and successes of an ordinary man in a precarious world and conjures a vivid picture of medieval life as we have never seen it before. An enlightening history that argues that these times weren’t so dark after all, The Light Ages shows how medieval ideas continue to color how we see the world today.
Author : John Philoponus of Alexandria
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781631741029
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (41 download)
Download or read book On the Astrolabe written by John Philoponus of Alexandria and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004387862
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Astrolabes in Medieval Cultures written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published as a special issue of the journal Medieval Encounters (vol. 23, 2017), this volume, edited by Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas, Charles Burnett, Silke Ackermann, and Ryan Szpiech, brings together fifteen studies on various aspects of the astrolabe in medieval cultures. The astrolabe, developed in antiquity and elaborated throughout the Middle Ages, was used for calculation, teaching, and observation, and also served astrological and medical purposes. It was the most popular and prestigious of the mathematical instruments, and was found equally among practitioners of various sciences and arts as among princes in royal courts. By considering sources and instruments from Muslim, Christian, and Jewish contexts, this volume provides state-of-the-art research on the history and use of the astrolabe throughout the Middle Ages. Contributors are Silke Ackermann, Emilia Calvo, John Davis, Laura Fernández Fernández, Miquel Forcada, Azucena Hernández, David A. King, Taro Mimura, Günther Oestmann, Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas, Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, Petra G. Schmidl, Giorgio Strano, Flora Vafea, and Johannes Thomann.
Author : Marijane Osborn
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806134031
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Time and the Astrolabe in the Canterbury Tales written by Marijane Osborn and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marijane Osborn demonstrates that Chaucer structured the Canterbury Tales after the astrolabe, an Arabic Islamic time-keeping device. Chaucer’s fascination with this device also accounts for the sense of time and astronomy in the Tales.
Author : Guillaume (de Lorris)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book The Romaunt of the Rose written by Guillaume (de Lorris) and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Romaunt of the Rose is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegory, the Roman de la Rose. The story begins with an allegorical dream, in which the narrator receives advice from the god of love on gaining his lady's favour, her love being symbolized by a rose. The second part is a satire on the mores of the time, with respect to courting"--Abebooks website
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Treatise on the Astrolabe written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David A. King
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781409425939
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (259 download)
Download or read book Astrolabes from Medieval Europe written by David A. King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth set of studies in the Variorum series by David King, a leading authority on the history of Islamic astronomy and on medieval astronomical instruments. The first of the studies collected here deals with medieval instruments as historical sources. The following papers focus on individual astrolabes from the European Middle Ages and early Renaissance that are of singular historical importance and look at the origins of the simple universal horary quadrant and the complicated universal horary dial (navicula). The collection concludes with a list of all known medieval European astrolabes.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Treatise on the Astrolabe written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Treatise on the Astrolabe written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
Publisher : Adler Planetarium, Astronomy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Western Astrolabes written by Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum and published by Adler Planetarium, Astronomy. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum in Chicago is home to one of the world's great collections of astrolabes. Roderick and Marjorie Webster, Adler Curators Emeriti, present the Western astrolabes from the Adler's collection. The earliest of these instruments dates from the 13th century, others are from the workshops of the greatest craftsmen of the Renaissance. All are described here and illustrated lavishly with photographs showing the front, the back and additional details such as the maker's signature. Introductory essays by the Websters and Sara Schechner Genuth explain the use of the astrolabe and its role in cultural and social history, while the appendices and bibliography provide information essential to the specialist.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Mariam Al-Ijliya written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 10th century A.D. Mariam Al-Ijliya became a pioneer in designing and making the most unique Astrolabes the world has seen, making her known to the world as Mariam Al-Astrolabia - The Astrolabe Maker. With her knowledge of Astronomy and Engineering, Mariam's Astrolabes were skillfully designed and crafted. Astrolabes were a complex scientific instrument used in the measurement of celestial bodies as well as to calculate location and time on earth. Learn about Mariam and her unique contribution to science in this one of a kind story book with beautiful and unique illustrations, for late elementary and middle school aged children. The highly engaging story in this unique book is told through the lens of a group of friends who are taken into the past as they are reading a magical "Book of Jewels". Second part of the book is filled with fun and educational activities including word search, connect the dots, and coloring sheets. ABOUT THE PIONEER SERIES: Nurturing courage, confidence and love of knowledge in young minds through stories on great individuals and leaders that transformed the world through their wisdom, inventions, discoveries and exploration.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781517564483
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (644 download)
Download or read book Treatise on the Astrolabe written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Treatise on the Astrolabe is a medieval instruction manual on the astrolabe by Geoffrey Chaucer. It is notable for being written in prose, in English and for describing a scientific instrument. The Treatise is considered the "oldest work in English written upon an elaborate scientific instrument". It is admired for its clarity in explaining difficult concepts-although modern readers lacking an actual astrolabe may find the details of the astrolabe difficult to understand. Robinson believes that it indicates that had Chaucer written more freely composed prose it would have been superior to his translations of Boece and Melibee.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780342243716
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (437 download)
Download or read book A Treatise on the Astrolabe written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806134130
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book A Treatise on the Astrolabe written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Treatise the Astrolabe by Geoffrey Chaucer is the work of an avid amateur astronomer who happened also to be England’s greatest medieval poet. A user of the astrolabe can plot the movement of the stars, tell time, and calculate numerous other results. Chaucer translated and revised a standard Latin treatment of the astrolabe. His treatise, which is generally regarded as one of the first technical manuals in English and a model of how technical manuals should be written. Not since 1872 has a free-standing edition of A Treatise the Astrolabe been published. Thanks to the expertise of its editor, Sigmund Eisner, who supplies sixty-eight illustrations, this Variorum edition provides a more detailed exposition than previously available. Eisner’s extensive labors result in the first complete record of textual variants found in the thirty-two surviving manuscripts of the work and in all the major printed text published between 1532 and 1987. This landmark edition also presents a thorough digest of all published commentary on Chaucer’s treatise. Amplified by sixty-eight illustrations, this variorum edition of Chaucer’s A Treatise on the Astrolabe provides a more detailed exposition of the treatise than has ever before been available.
Author : Alan Stimson
Publisher : UC Biblioteca Geral 1
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Mariner's Astrolabe. A Survey of 48 Surviving Examples written by Alan Stimson and published by UC Biblioteca Geral 1. This book was released on 1985 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
