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  • ASTRONOMY IN THE SERVICE OF ISLAM
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    ASTRONOMY IN THE SERVICE OF ISLAM
    DAVID A. KING
    Based on a wide variety of previously unstudied sources, these articles explain how science was applied to three aspects of Islamic ritual in the Middle Ages: the regulation of the lunar calendar; the organisation of the times of the five daily prayers; and the determination of the sacred direction (qibla) towards the Kaaba in Mecca. Simple procedures of folk astronomy were use...

    $1,480.00

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  • ASTROLABES FROM MEDIEVAL EUROPE
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    ASTROLABES FROM MEDIEVAL EUROPE
    DAVID A. KING
    This is the fourth set of studies in the Variorum series by David King, a leading authority on the history of astronomy in Islamic civilization and on medieval astronomical instruments, European as well as Islamic. The first of the eleven studies collected here deals with medieval instruments in general, as precious historical sources. The following papers focus on individual a...

    $4,500.00

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  • ISLAMIC ASTRONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY
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    ISLAMIC ASTRONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY
    DAVID A. KING
    This volume of 12 studies, mainly published during the past 15 years, begins with an overview of the Islamic astronomy covering not only sophisticated mathematical astronomy and instrumentation but also simple folk astronomy, and the ways in which astronomy was used in the service of religion. It continues with discussions of the importance of Islamic instruments and scientific...

    $4,500.00

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  • SPECIFICATION ANALYSIS IN THE LINEAR MODEL
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    SPECIFICATION ANALYSIS IN THE LINEAR MODEL
    MAXWELL L. KING / DAVID E. A. GILES
    Originally published in 1987. This collection of original papers deals with various issues of specification in the context of the linear statistical model. The volume honours the early econometric work of Donald Cochrane, late Dean of Economics and Politics at Monash University in Australia. The chapters focus on problems associated with autocorrelation of the error term in the...

    $640.00

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  • NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM
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    NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM
    MARK E. BYRNES / DAVID A. KING / PHILIP M. TIERNO, JR.
    This book provides guidance on measures that should be considered to protect human lives from terrorist activities involving nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. It provides a historical summary of the development and use of these weapons, and continues with a detailed discussion of the types of radiation and warfare agents that are available ...

    $4,900.00

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