Astronomy in the Service of Islam
Author: David A. King
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDelineates the two very different traditions of astronomy in medieval Islam: legal scholars watched the crescent moon to keep the calendar, and used shadows to keep the hours and direction of prayer, while astronomers constructed elaborate theories and mathematical tables to approach ever more precision in times and directions. The articles are reproduced from their original publication in various journals, 1982-91.