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Optics, Astronomy and Logic: Studies in Arabic Science and Philosophy
(Hardcover, 1994)
Author: A. I. Sabra
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0860784355
ISBN-13: 9780860784357
Apr 1994
Publisher: Variorum
Variorum Collected Studies, No 444
Language: English |
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| Details | | Series: | Variorum Collected Studies, No 444 |
| Size | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 20.0 oz |
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Reprints of articles written over a period of 30 years on science in medieval Islam. Topics include the appropriation and subsequent naturalization of Greek science in medieval Islam; explanation of optical reflection and refraction; Ibn al-Haytham's criticisms of Ptolemy's Optics ; the authorship of the Liber de crepusculis , an 11th-century work on atmospheric refraction; astronomical origin of Ibn al-Hyaytham's concept of experiment; Simplicius's proof of Euclid's parallels postulate; and a 12th-century defense of the fourth figure of the syllogism. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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