| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Science in history
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Science in history (Cambridge University Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Astronomy and science in Ottoman era Egypt, as partly influenced by the publication The Lighthouse, and in scientific research of the time. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Geographies of Knowledge -- 1. Deaf Shaykh: Scholarly Astronomy in Late Ottoman-Egyptian Society -- 2. Astronomers and Pashas: Viceregal Imperialism and the Making of State Astronomy -- pt. II Objects of Translation -- 3. Positioning the Watch Hand: Ùlama' and the Making of Mechanical Timekeeping in Cairo -- 4. Positioning the Planets: Translating French Planetary Tables as Ottoman-Islamic Knowledge -- pt. III Islam, Science, and Authority -- 5. Orbits of Print: Astronomy and the Ordering of Science and Religion in the Arabic Press -- 6. Measure of Piety: Making Prayer Times Uniform -- 7. Different Standards: The Ramadan Debates and the Establishment of Lunar Crescent Observation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Astronomy, Egyptian.
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Astronomy -- Egypt -- History.
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Science and state -- Egypt.
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Islam and science -- History.
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy. |
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Astronomy |
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Astronomy, Egyptian |
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Islam and science |
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Science and state |
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Egypt |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stolz, Daniel A., 1985- Lighthouse and the observatory 9781107196339 (DLC) 2017038705 (OCoLC)1002043962 |
| ISBN |
9781108174060 (electronic bk.) |
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110817406X (electronic bk.) |
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9781108164672 |
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1108164676 |
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9781316647257 (paperback) |
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1316647250 |
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9781107196339 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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1107196337 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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