Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī and the Configuration of the Heavens A Comparison of Texts and Models /

• Main Author: Niazi, Kaveh (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 35
• Subjects: Philosophy.; History.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy, Asian.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Science.; Non-Western Philosophy.

As a leading scientist of the 13th century C. E. Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī wrote three substantial works on hay’a (or the configuration of the celestial orbs):  Nihāyat al-idrāk fī dirāyat al-aflāk (“The Limits of Attainment in the Understanding of the Heavens”), al-Tuḥfa al-shāhīya fī ‘ilm al-hay’a (“The...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgement
• Note on Transliteration
• Chapter 1. Purpose and Background of Study
• Chapter 2. The Mongols in Iran
• Chapter 3. Shīrazī's Life
• Chapter 4. The Principal Astronomical Sources
• Chapter 5. Persian vs. Arabic: Language as a Determinant of Content
• Chapter 6. Conclusion
• Figures- Bibliography
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Appendix E
• Index.