{"product_id":"nar-al-dn-al-ss-memoir-on-f-j-ragep-9781475722437","title":"Na\u0026#7779;\u0026#299;r Al-D\u0026#299;n Al-\u0026#7788;\u0026#363;s\u0026#299;'s Memoir on Astronomy (Al-Tadhkira F\u0026#299; CILM Al-Hay'a): Volume I: Introduction, Edition, and T","description":"I was introduced to Tiisi: and his Tadhkira some 19 years ago. That first meeting was neither happy nor auspicious. My graduate student notes from the time indicate a certain level of confusion and frustration; I seem to have had trouble with such words as tadwlr (epicycle), which was not to be found in my standard dictionary, and with the concept of solid-sphere astronomy, which, when found, was pooh-poohed in the standard sources. I had another, even more decisive reaction: boredom. Only the end of the term brought relief, and I was grateful to be on to other, more exciting aspects of the history of science. A few years later, I found myself, thanks to fellowships from Fulbright-Hays and the American Research Center in Egypt, happily immersed in the manu- script collections of Damascus, Aleppo, and Cairo. Though I had intended to work on a topic in the history of mathematics, I was drawn, perhaps inevitably, to a certain type of astronomical writing falling under the rubric of hay' a. At first this fascination was based on sheer numbers; that so many medieval scientists could have written on such a subject must mean something, I told myself. (I was in a sociological mode at the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e F. J. Ragep\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1475722435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475722437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.80d","brand":"F. J. Ragep","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44890833060095,"sku":"9781475722437","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56bac172-3d4d-4d6a-987d-4693f767f7ee.jpg?v=1709740157","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nar-al-dn-al-ss-memoir-on-f-j-ragep-9781475722437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}