Traditions du Livre des hypotheses

Ordonner et mesurer les astres de Ptolemee a al-Biruni (IIe-XIe siecles)

by Guillaume Loizelet, preface by Pascal Crozet

Book cover: Traditions du Livre des hypotheses

Extent: 553 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Philosophy

Series: Histoire et philosophie des sciences

Series volume number: 31

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(July 2024)

ISBN: 9782406171379

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $61.00

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Hardback (Published)

(July 2024)

ISBN: 9782406171386

8.62 x 5.91 inches

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Were the authors of Arabic treatises on celestial dimensions in the ninth and eleventh centuries familiar with Ptolemy’s Planetary Hypotheses? What of their motivations and Ptolemy’s? What does al-Biruni reveal about the plurality of conceptual traditions running through these texts?

  • By (author) Guillaume Loizelet
  • Preface by Pascal Crozet
  • Preface by F Jamil Ragep