A Bridge to the Sky explores the close connections between science, arts, and visual culture as they developed in the medieval Islamic lands. It presents a significant study of the career of 'Abbas Ibn Firnas, (d. 887), the most celebrated 'scientist' and polymath of early Islamic Spain, best known for conducting an experiment that has been celebrated as a milestone in the history of human flight.
A Bridge to the Sky explores the close connections between science, arts, and visual culture as they developed in the medieval Islamic lands. It presents a significant study of the career of 'Abbas Ibn Firnas, (d. 887), the most celebrated 'scientist' and polymath of early Islamic Spain, best known for conducting an experiment that has been celebrated as a milestone in the history of human flight.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Glaire D. Anderson is an historian of Islamic arts and architecture during the age of the caliphs (650-1250), with a focus on Umayyad Córdoba and the arts of Islamic Iberia (Arabic al-Andalus). She is author of The Islamic Villa in Early Medieval Iberia: Aristocratic Estates and Court Culture in Umayyad Córdoba (2013), and co-editor of The Aghlabids and Their Neighbors (2018) and Revisiting al-Andalus: Perspectives on the Material Culture of Islamic Iberia and Beyond (2007).
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Acknowledgments A Note on Dates and Terms 'Abbas Inb Firnas and His Career: Selected Passages from Ibn Hayyan I. Overview Of 'Abbas's Character and Career II. On 'Abbas's Background and Skills III. On the Aeronautics Experiment IV. On the Meteorological Chamber V. On Two Precision Instruments Made for 'Abd Al- Rahman II and Muhammad I VI. His Poem on the munya (villa) al- Rusafa Introduction 1.The Sage of Al-Andalus 2. Mind and Hand 3. Visualizing Science at Home 4. Where Eagles and Vultures Dare Epilogue: Echoes Bibliography
Acknowledgments A Note on Dates and Terms 'Abbas Inb Firnas and His Career: Selected Passages from Ibn Hayyan I. Overview Of 'Abbas's Character and Career II. On 'Abbas's Background and Skills III. On the Aeronautics Experiment IV. On the Meteorological Chamber V. On Two Precision Instruments Made for 'Abd Al- Rahman II and Muhammad I VI. His Poem on the munya (villa) al- Rusafa Introduction 1.The Sage of Al-Andalus 2. Mind and Hand 3. Visualizing Science at Home 4. Where Eagles and Vultures Dare Epilogue: Echoes Bibliography
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