El. knyga: Astronomy and Astrology in the Medieval Islamic World

Contents: Preface; Astronomy: Habash al-Hasib on the melon astrolabe;
Two topics from an astrological manuscript: Sindhind days and planetary
latitudes; Al-Sufi on the celestial globe; Applied mathematics in the 10th
century: Abu l-Wafa calculates the distance Baghdad-Mecca; Two mappings
proposed by Biruni; The spherical case of the Tusi couple; Spherical
astronomy in Kashis Khaqani Zij; Two medieval approaches to the equation of
time; Ibn al-Haythams determination of the meridian from one solar altitude;
Ulugh Beg as scientist; The heritage of Ulugh Beg; Planetary theory: late
Islamic and Renaissance; Two tables from an Arabic astronomical handbook for
the Mongol viceroy of Tibet; Eclipse predictions in Arabic astronomical
tables prepared for the Mongol viceroy of Tibet; Astrology: Al-Birunis
treatise on astrological lots; Ibn Muadh on the astrological houses; An
astrological history based on the career of Genghis Khan; Treatise V of
Kashis Khaqani Zij: determination of the ascendent; The astrological houses
as defined by medieval Islamic astronomers; Index.

Edward S. Kennedy, Emeritus, University of Beirut, Lebanon