| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
Time, astronomy, and calendars, 2211-632X ; volume 5 |
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Time, astronomy, and calendars ; v. 5.
2211-632X
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| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed Jan. 13, 2015). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
In <i>Essays on Medieval Computational Astronomy</i> 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Science Reference Center Collection |
| Subject |
Astronomy, Medieval.
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Astronomy -- Tables.
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Astronomy. (OCoLC)fst00819673
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Astronomy, Medieval. (OCoLC)fst00819781
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| Genre/Form |
Tables. (OCoLC)fst01423914
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| Added Author |
Goldstein, Bernard R., author.
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| Added Title |
Medieval computational astronomy |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Chabás, José, 1948- Essays on Medieval computational astronomy 9789004281745 (DLC) 2014041332 (OCoLC)889181141 |
| ISBN |
9789004281752 (electronic bk.) |
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9004281754 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004281745 |
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9004281746 |
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