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Studies in Medieval Astronomy and Optics

Studies in Medieval Astronomy and Optics

Mancha, J. L.

Hardcover

Series: Variorum Collected Studies

Astronomy & SpaceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0860789969
ISBN13: 9780860789963
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 28 2006
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In this selection of studies, J.L. Mancha explores aspects of the development of medieval optics and astronomy, including some medieval antecedents of the work of early modern astronomers. The articles deal with Latin, Hebrew and Arabic texts, and the process of translation and transmission of knowledge, and focus on three main themes: the theory and astronomical use of the pinhole camera in the 12th and 13th centuries; the characteristics of the Latin and Provençal versions of Levi ben Gerson's astronomical work; and different aspects of the survival of homocentric astronomy in the Middle Ages, especially al-Bitruji's model for trepidation and the technique for calculating the hippopede resulting from Eudoxan couples.

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