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Traces the development of the Late Babylonians' ingenious schemes for modelling planetary motion. This work reveals how medieval Islamic advances in the study of the heavens, and the design of precise astronomical instruments, led to breakthroughs by Renaissance practitioners such as Copernicus and Kepler.

A Brief Introduction to Astronomy in the Middle

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    A Paperback / softback by John M. Steele

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      Publisher: Saqi Books
      Publication Date: 13/03/2008
      ISBN13: 9780863564284, 978-0863564284
      ISBN10: 0863564283
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      Book Synopsis
      Traces the development of the Late Babylonians' ingenious schemes for modelling planetary motion. This work reveals how medieval Islamic advances in the study of the heavens, and the design of precise astronomical instruments, led to breakthroughs by Renaissance practitioners such as Copernicus and Kepler.

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