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Original air date: 10 August 2014 | The movements of celestial bodies had long been of tremendous importance within the social and religious spheres throughout the Muslim world. As new understandings of space and time began to emerge during the nineteenth century, longstanding astronomical practices in places such as Egypt witnessed a profound transformation. In this episode, Daniel Stolz discusses the importance of astronomy in nineteenth-century Egypt and the overlapping scientific traditions they practiced.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Barak, On. On Time: Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013.
Crozet, Pascal. Les sciences modernes en Égypte: transfert et appropriation, 1805-1902. Paris: Geuthner, 2008.
Elshakry, Marwa. Reading Darwin in Arabic. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Wishnitzer, Avner. "Our Time: On the Durability of the Alaturka Hour System in the Late Ottoman Empire,” International Journal of Turkish Studies, 16/1 (2010): 47-69.
Brentjes, Sonja, and Robert G. Morrison. “The Sciences in Islamic Societies.” The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 4. Ed. Robert Irwin with William Blair. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
King, David A. In Synchrony with the Heavens: Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islam. 2v. Leiden: Brill, 2004. (See especially Part V, “On the role of the muezzin and muwaqqit.”)
Kennedy, E.S. “A Survey of Astronomical Tables.” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 46 (New Series), no. 2 (1956), 123-177. (A classic survey of the history of the zij.)
Sayılı, Aydın. The Observatory in Islam and Its Place in the General History of the Observatory. Ankara: Turkish Historical Society, 1960.
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Original air date: 10 August 2014 | The movements of celestial bodies had long been of tremendous importance within the social and religious spheres throughout the Muslim world. As new understandings of space and time began to emerge during the nineteenth century, longstanding astronomical practices in places such as Egypt witnessed a profound transformation. In this episode, Daniel Stolz discusses the importance of astronomy in nineteenth-century Egypt and the overlapping scientific traditions they practiced.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Barak, On. On Time: Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013.
Crozet, Pascal. Les sciences modernes en Égypte: transfert et appropriation, 1805-1902. Paris: Geuthner, 2008.
Elshakry, Marwa. Reading Darwin in Arabic. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Wishnitzer, Avner. "Our Time: On the Durability of the Alaturka Hour System in the Late Ottoman Empire,” International Journal of Turkish Studies, 16/1 (2010): 47-69.
Brentjes, Sonja, and Robert G. Morrison. “The Sciences in Islamic Societies.” The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 4. Ed. Robert Irwin with William Blair. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
King, David A. In Synchrony with the Heavens: Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islam. 2v. Leiden: Brill, 2004. (See especially Part V, “On the role of the muezzin and muwaqqit.”)
Kennedy, E.S. “A Survey of Astronomical Tables.” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 46 (New Series), no. 2 (1956), 123-177. (A classic survey of the history of the zij.)
Sayılı, Aydın. The Observatory in Islam and Its Place in the General History of the Observatory. Ankara: Turkish Historical Society, 1960.