Astronomy in the Service of Islam by David A. King

Variorum Collected Studies

Astronomy in the Service of Islam

David A. King

352 pages hardcover

1 edition

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
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Based on a wide variety of previously unstudied sources, these articles explain how science was applied to three aspects of Islamic ritual in the Middle Ages: the regulation of the lunar calendar; the organisation of the times of the five daily pr...

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