Tag: Copernicus

Portable Cosmologies

by Alexandria Hejazi Tsagaris Published on: 8th July 2020

15-16th Century Italian-Islamic Exchanges of the Astrolabe and Effects on Visual Culture

The Birth of Modern Astronomy

by Salim Al-Hassani - 1001 Book Chief Editor Published on: 18th January 2020

Some people, unaware of what was accomplished during Muslim civilisation, believe that astronomy died with the Greeks, and was brought to life again by Nicolas Copernicus, the 15th-century Polish astronomer who is famous for introducing…

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Copernicus and Arabic Astronomy: A Review of Recent Research

by George Saliba Published on: 23rd May 2007

Some 800 years in the past, in 1206, a brilliant Muslim scholar died : Badi' al-Zaman Abu al-‘Izz ibn Ismail ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari. He was one of the most important inventors and mechanical engineers in…