David A. King

David A. King's books

The Ciphers of the Monks: A forgotten Number-Notation of the Middle Ages

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In Synchrony With the Heavens: Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islamic Civilization (Studies I-IX)

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Astronomy in the Service of Islam

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Islamic mathematical astronomy

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In Synchrony with the Heavens, Volume 2 Instruments of Mass Calculation: (Studies X-XVIII) (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, & Science. Texts and Studies, 55)

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Islamic Astronomical Instruments (Variorum Reprint ; Cs253) (English, Arabic, French and German Edition)

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World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca: Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science

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From Deferent to Equant: A Volume of Studies in the History of Science in the Ancient and Medieval Near East in Honor of E.S. Kennedy

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Spherical astronomy in medieval Islam: The Hakimi zij of Ibn Yunus

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Astrolabes and Angels, Epigrams and Enigmas: From Regiomontanus' Acrostic for Cardinal Bessarion to Piero della Francesca's Flagellation of Christ

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