A Sixteenth-Century Arabic Critique of Ptolemaic Astronomy: The Work of Shams Al-Din Al-Khafri

@article{Saliba1994ASA,
  title={A Sixteenth-Century Arabic Critique of Ptolemaic Astronomy: The Work of Shams Al-Din Al-Khafri},
  author={George Saliba},
  journal={Journal for the History of Astronomy},
  year={1994},
  volume={25},
  pages={15 - 38}
}
  • G. Saliba
  • Published 1994
  • Physics
  • Journal for the History of Astronomy
Apercu de la contribution de Shams Al-Din Al-Khafri a l'elaboration de modeles geometriques du mouvement des planetes et de son analyse critique de l'oeuvre astronomique de Ptolemee 
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