Planetary equatorium of jamshid ghiyath al-din al-kashi
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691625973
Date de publication :
21 mars 2017
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
399 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Instruments for solving astronomical problems are part of a continuous tradition reaching far back through the Middle Ages into the Hellenistic world. Dr. Kennedy expands the history of analog computers by providing an account of an important development in Central Asia where, in the Samarqand observatory of the Timurid prince Ulugh Beg, an outstan