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Article: King, David, In Synchrony with the Heavens, Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islamic Civilization.(Book review)
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- Islam & Science
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- June 22, 2006
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King, David, In Synchrony with the Heavens, Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islamic Civilization
Volume One: The Call of the Muezzin (Leiden * Boston: Brill 2004), lvii+930 pp., HC $199.00 ISBN 90 04 14188X Series/ ISBN 01 69-8729
Volume Two: Instruments of Mass Calculation (Leiden * Boston: Brill 2005), lxxvi+1066 pp., HC $358.00 ISBN 90 04 14188X Series/ ISBN 01 69-8729
Among the contemporary historians of Islamic science, David King is known for his meticulous research as well as for his unique style of presentation. One of the most important aspects of King's approach to history of Islamic astronomy is his ...