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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: lighthouse and the observatory
    sub title: Islam, science, and empire in late Ottoman Egypt
  name:
    name part: Stolz, Daniel A.
    name part: 1985-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xiv, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
  abstract: Astronomy and science in Ottoman era Egypt, as partly influenced by the publication The Lighthouse, and in scientific research of the time.
  table of contents: Introduction: astronomy, empire, and Islamic authority at the end of days -- Geographies of knowledge. The deaf Shaykh: scholarly astronomy in late Ottoman-Egyptian society -- Astronomers and Pashas: viceregal imperialism and the making of state astronomy -- Objects of translation. Positioning the watch hand: 'Ulama' and the making of mechanical timekeeping in Cairo -- Positioning the planets: translating French planetary tables as Ottoman-Islamic knowledge -- Islam, science, and authority. Orbits of print: astronomy and the ordering of science and religion in the Arabic press -- The measure of piety: making prayer times uniform -- Different standards: the Ramadan debates and the establishment of lunar crescent observation -- Conclusion: astronomy, the state, and Islamic authority at the end of the day -- Appendix: Muhammad al-Khudari al-Dimyati's introduction to his commentary on the brilliancy of the solution ot the seven planets.
  note: Daniel A. Stolz, Northwestern University.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-306) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: f-ua---
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Egyptian
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
    geographic: Egypt
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Science and state
    geographic: Egypt
  subject:
    topic: Islam and science
    topic: History
  classification: QB20 .S76 2018
  classification: 520.96209/034
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Science in history (Cambridge University Press)
  identifier: 9781107196339
  identifier: 1107196337
  identifier: 2017038705
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 170824
    record change date: 20180716083404.0
    record identifier: in00003988434