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            In Synchrony with the Heavens
            Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in
Medieval Islamic Civilization
            Instruments of Mass Calculation
            (Studies X-XVIII)
            David A. King



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           In print, 2005
           ISBN 900414188X
           Cloth with dustjacket (lxxvi, 1068 pp.)
           List price: EUR 250.- / US$ 358.-
           Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, In
Synchrony with the Heavens, 2

            This product is part of:
            In Synchrony with the Heavens
            Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in
Medieval Islamic Civilization
            Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, 55


            This is the first investigation of one of the main interests of
astronomy in Islamic civilization, namely, timekeeping by the sun and stars
and the regulation of the astronomically-defined times of Muslim prayer. The
study is based on over 500 medieval astronomical manuscripts first
identified by the author, now preserved in libraries all over the world and
originally from the entire Islamic world from the Maghrib to Central Asia
and the Yemen. The materials presented provide new insights into the early
development of the prayer ritual in Islam.
            They also call into question the popular notion that religion
could not inspire serious scientific activity. Only one of the hundreds of
astronomical tables discussed here was known in medieval Europe, which is
one reason why the entire corpus has remained unknown until the present. A
second volume, also to be published by Brill Academic Publishers, deals with
astronomical instruments for timekeeping and other computing devices.


            David A. King, Ph.D. (1972) in Near Eastern Languages and
Literatures, Yale University, has been Professor of the History of Science
at the J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt since 1985. He has published
extensively on astronomy and astronomical instruments in Islamic
civilization.

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