Friday, June 14, 2013

Astrophysics: Time for an Arab astronomy renaissance - Nature.com




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Astrophysics: Time for an Arab astronomy renaissance - Nature.com




Astrophysics: Time for an Arab astronomy renaissance
Nature.com
Islamic astronomy enjoyed a golden age from the ninth to the sixteenth century AD. Great observatories in Baghdad, Damascus, Maragheh, Samarqand and Istanbul mapped the sky to set dates for religious and civil festivals and for astrology. Sophisticated ...








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