A bridge to the sky : science and arts in the age of ʻAbbas Ibn Firnas

Name: A bridge to the sky : science and arts in the age of ʻAbbas Ibn Firnas
Author: Anderson, Glaire D., author.

İsim	A bridge to the sky : science and arts in the age of ʻAbbas Ibn Firnas
Yazar	Anderson, Glaire D., author.
Basım Tarihi:	2024
Basım Yeri	New York, NY - Oxford University Press
Konu	Astronomers -- Spain -- Córdoba -- History, Aeronautics -- Spain -- Córdoba -- History, Muslim scientists -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History, Scientific apparatus and instruments -- History -- To 1500, Science, History of science, ʻAbbās Ibn Firnās, 810-887
Tür	Kitap
Dil	ara,eng
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	249
Kütüphane:	Wesleyan Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	ISBN : 0-19-091327-4, ISBN : 0-19-091325-8, ISBN : 0-19-091326-6, OCLC : (OCoLC)1410123120, ISBN : 0-19-091324-X
Kayıt Numarası	alma9933276426703768
Lokasyon	See online access
Tarih	2024
Notlar	In English with selections in Arabic with English translations., Also issued in print: 2024., Includes bibliographical references and index.
Örnek Metin	• Cover • A Bridge to the Sky • Copyright • Dedication • Contents • Acknowledgments • A Note on Dates and Terms • 'Abbās Ibn Firnās and His Career: Selected Passages from Ibn Ḥayyān • I. Overview of ʿAbbās's Character and Career • II. On ʿAbbās's Background and Skills • III. On the Aeronautics Experiment • IV. On the Meteorological Chamber • V. On Two Precision Instruments Made for 'Abd al-Raḥmān II and Muḥammad I • VI. His Poem on the Villa (Munya) al-Rusāfa • Introduction: Ibn Firnas and His Legacy • Arts and Intellect • 1. The Sage of al-Andalus • Remembering a Ninth-Century Polymath • The Informants • A Portrait • His Intellectual World • Conclusion • 2. Mind and Hand • Inventor, Designer, Maker • The Earliest Andalusi Instruments • Signatures, Makers, and Making • The Celestial Globe of Ibrahim ibn Saʿīd al-Sahli al-Wazzan • 3. Visualizing Science at Home • Representing the Heavens at Home • Visualizing Ibn Firnas's Celestial Creation: A Painted Astronomical Vault? • Art, Science, and Medieval Diplomacy • Andalusi Automata: Al-Muradi's Kitab al-Asrar Fi Nataʼij al-Afkar • An International Taste for Automata • Science, the Occult, and Intellectual Culture • Architecture as Scientific Instrument: The Abbasid Nilometer • Conclusion • 4. Where Eagles and Vultures Dare • Imagining Flight-Early Visual Sources • Comparing the Sources • The Earliest Source • Palace of Science: Al-Rusafa • Vultures • Imagining a Medieval "Flight" • 5. Epilogue: Echoes • Notes • Bibliography • Index.
Seri	Oxford scholarship online, Oxford scholarship online.

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A bridge to the sky : science and arts in the age of ʻAbbas Ibn Firnas

Yazar Anderson, Glaire D., author.

Basım Tarihi 2024

Basım Yeri New York, NY - Oxford University Press

Konu Astronomers -- Spain -- Córdoba -- History, Aeronautics -- Spain -- Córdoba -- History, Muslim scientists -- Spain -- Andalusia -- History, Scientific apparatus and instruments -- History -- To 1500, Science, History of science, ʻAbbās Ibn Firnās, 810-887

Tür Kitap

Dil ara,eng

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 249

Kütüphane Wesleyan Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası ISBN : 0-19-091327-4, ISBN : 0-19-091325-8, ISBN : 0-19-091326-6, OCLC : (OCoLC)1410123120, ISBN : 0-19-091324-X

Kayıt Numarası alma9933276426703768

Lokasyon See online access

Tarih 2024

Notlar In English with selections in Arabic with English translations., Also issued in print: 2024., Includes bibliographical references and index.

Örnek Metin • Cover • A Bridge to the Sky • Copyright • Dedication • Contents • Acknowledgments • A Note on Dates and Terms • 'Abbās Ibn Firnās and His Career: Selected Passages from Ibn Ḥayyān • I. Overview of ʿAbbās's Character and Career • II. On ʿAbbās's Background and Skills • III. On the Aeronautics Experiment • IV. On the Meteorological Chamber • V. On Two Precision Instruments Made for 'Abd al-Raḥmān II and Muḥammad I • VI. His Poem on the Villa (Munya) al-Rusāfa • Introduction: Ibn Firnas and His Legacy • Arts and Intellect • 1. The Sage of al-Andalus • Remembering a Ninth-Century Polymath • The Informants • A Portrait • His Intellectual World • Conclusion • 2. Mind and Hand • Inventor, Designer, Maker • The Earliest Andalusi Instruments • Signatures, Makers, and Making • The Celestial Globe of Ibrahim ibn Saʿīd al-Sahli al-Wazzan • 3. Visualizing Science at Home • Representing the Heavens at Home • Visualizing Ibn Firnas's Celestial Creation: A Painted Astronomical Vault? • Art, Science, and Medieval Diplomacy • Andalusi Automata: Al-Muradi's Kitab al-Asrar Fi Nataʼij al-Afkar • An International Taste for Automata • Science, the Occult, and Intellectual Culture • Architecture as Scientific Instrument: The Abbasid Nilometer • Conclusion • 4. Where Eagles and Vultures Dare • Imagining Flight-Early Visual Sources • Comparing the Sources • The Earliest Source • Palace of Science: Al-Rusafa • Vultures • Imagining a Medieval "Flight" • 5. Epilogue: Echoes • Notes • Bibliography • Index.

Seri Oxford scholarship online, Oxford scholarship online.