David King

Broschiertes Buch

World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca

Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science

Beschreibung

The author describes how Muslims over the centuries have determined the sacred direction (qibla) towards Mecca and presents two highly sophisticated Mecca-centred world-maps for finding the qibla. These recently-discovered world-maps have forced a reevaluation of Muslim achievements in mathematics and cartography.

Autor

David A. King, Ph.D. (1972) in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Yale University, is Professor of the History of Science at the J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt. He has published extensively on medieval Islamic astronomy and astronomical instruments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 670
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 1542g
• ISBN-13: 9789004259874
• ISBN-10: 9004259872
• Artikelnr.: 70991796