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World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca: Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies) - Softcover
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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 theqibla. These recently-discovered world-maps have forced a reevaluation of Muslim achievements in mathematics and cartography.
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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.
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- PublisherBrill
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 9004259872
- ISBN 13 9789004259874
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages670
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