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Published by Univ of Wisconsin Pr., 1965
Seller: de Wit Books, HUTCHINSON, KS, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-lib. with cover & endpaper marks. Good HB; text unmarked; no DJ.
Published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison and Milwaukee, 1965
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A translation with introduction and notes by Martin Levey and Marvin Petruck of the Kitab fi usul hisab al-hind. [xiii] 114p., b/w facsimiles, original blue cloth (The University of Wiisconsin publications in medieval science).
Published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin, 1965
First Edition
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A publication in the University of Wisconsin 'Medieval Science' series; 40 page introduction followed by photographic copies of the Arabic manuscript, with English translation on the facing page. The tenth and eleventh centuries saw the apogee of Arabic science, and particularly in mathematics this was a fruitful period. From the time of al-Khwarizmi, in the ninth century, a succession of Arabic mathematicians made original contributions to the algorismic development of the fundamental arithmetical operations. Among these was Kushyar ibn Labban, whose Principles of Hindu Reckoning, here translated, is the oldest surviving mathematical text in Arabic using Hindu numerals. Kushyar, a Persian who wrote in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries, was primarily known as an astronomer, but he was influential in mathematics and was the teacher of the well-known algorist al-Nasawi. His Principles of Hindu Reckoning is one of the most important of the Arabic arithmetical treatises. In it Kushyar displays considerable originality, particularly in his grasp of the sexagesimal system, which he discusses in the second half of the text, and in his concept of "marks," both of which were definite steps in the development of exponents. Study of his work and that of other Islamic mathematicians who preceded & followed him suggests that the Arabs were not merely transmitters of other cultures but made significant contributions of their own. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii + 114. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Gilt titles spine. blue cloth. Includes glossary & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Mathematics; Medieval Science; Arabic Mathematics; Arithmetic; India; Medieval 10th to 11th centuries; Science & Technology. Inventory No: 4302. Member of the P.B.F.A.
Published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1965
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. xii, 114pp, b/w plates of Arabic text.
Published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1965
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy in very good dustjacket. xii, 114pp, b/w plates.
Published by Madison & Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin Press, 1965., 1965
Seller: Scientia Books, ABAA ILAB, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. xiii, 114 pp; illus. Original cloth. Near Fine, in dust jacket. First Edition. Contains Reprint in Facsimile of the Arabic manuscript, with English translation on the facing page.
Madison & Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. Orig. full cloth. XII,114 pp.
Published by Brepols Publishers, 2022
ISBN 10: 2503593410ISBN 13: 9782503593418
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Published by Brepols Publishers, 2022
ISBN 10: 2503593410ISBN 13: 9782503593418
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Seller: Libreria Studio Bosazzi, Firenze, FI, Italy
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Rilegato. Condition: nuovo. Benno van Dalen (ed) Pages: xviii + 614 p. Illustrations:8 b/w, 16 col., 159 pages of tables. Language(s):English, Arabic. Hardback. Publication Year:2022 -- SUMMARY The Jami' Zij (Comprehensive Zīj) was a highly popular Arabic astronomical handbook with tables written by the Iranian astronomer Kushyar ibn Labbān al-Jili around the year 1000. It belonged to an important category of works, modelled after Ptolemy s Almagest and Handy Tables, that allowed the practising astronomer/astrologer to carry out all necessary calculations of arcs on the celestial sphere and planetary positions, and ultimately to cast horoscopes. Around one hundred such works are extant, but only very few have been edited, translated or studied in detail. This book contains a full treatment of Book II of Kushyar s astronomical handbook centred around a critical edition of all the mathematical tables and their paratexts. It sets new standards for the edition of such tables by designing new types of apparatus entries for related variants in the tabular values. The introductory part describes the eight surviving manuscripts that transmit Kushyar s tables and establishes by a detailed survey that they represent at least three different versions of the Jami' Zij that in all likelihood stem from Kushyar himself. An extensive commentary with mathematical analyses uncovers numerous new details of the methods by which the tables were computed, the astronomical parameter values on which they were based, the sources for the tables, and their influence on later zijes. These results show how Kushyar, on the one hand, stayed firmly within the framework of the Ptolemaic tradition, but on the other introduced several types of innovations that later became common in Arabic and Persian astronomical handbooks. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Part I: Introduction Part II: Tables Part III: Texts Part IV: Commentary Quick references: zijes and technical concepts for the analysis of tables Indexes Bibliography.
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ISBN 10: 2503593410ISBN 13: 9782503593418
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The Jami' Zij (Comprehensive Zij) was a highly popular Arabic astronomical handbook with tables written by the Iranian astronomer Kushyar ibn Labban al-Jili around the year 1000. It belonged to an important category of works, modelled after Ptolemy's Almagest and Handy Tables, that allowed the practising astronomer/astrologer to carry out all necessary calculations of arcs on the heavenly sphere and planetary positions, and ultimately to cast horoscopes. Around one hundred such works are extant, but only very few have been edited, translated or studied in detail. This book contains a full treatment of Book II of Kushyar's astronomical handbook centred around a critical edition of all the mathematical tables and their paratexts. It sets new standards for the edition of such tables by designing new types of apparatus entries for related variants in the tabular values. The introductory part describes the eight surviving manuscripts that transmit Kushyar's tables and establishes by a detailed survey that they represent at least three different versions of the Jami' Zij that in all likelihood stem from Kushyar himself. An extensive commentary with mathematical analyses uncovers numerous new details of the methods by which the tables were computed, the astronomical parameter values on which they were based, the sources for the tables, and their influence on later zijes. These results show how Kushyar, on the one hand, stayed firmly within the framework of the Ptolemaic tradition, but on the other introduced several types of innovations that later became common in Arabic and Persian astronomical handbooks. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by Brepols Publishers, 2022
ISBN 10: 2503593410ISBN 13: 9782503593418
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Published by Brepols Publishers, 2022
ISBN 10: 2503593410ISBN 13: 9782503593418
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