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A Critical Edition of Ibn al-Haytham's On the Shape of the Eclipse The First Experimental Study of the Camera Obscura /

This book provides the first critical edition of Ibn al-Haytham's On the Shape of the Eclipse with English translation and commentary, which records the first scientific analysis of the camera obscura. On the Shape of the Eclipse includes pioneering research on the conditions of formation of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Raynaud, Dominique (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. This Edition
  • 2. Arabic Text and Translation
  • 3. Ibn al-Haytham's Method
  • 4. Ibn al-Haytham's Optical Analysis
  • Appendix. A tentative Dating of On the Shape of the Eclipse
  • References
  • Index Nominum
  • Index Rerum
  • Arabic-English Glossary
  • Table of Figures
  • Plates.