N. Pūrjavādī, M. Sūrī (eds.). Majmū‘e-ye āṯār-e Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Sulamī

a persian treatise on astrolabe ascribed to ‘abd al-rah?m?n al-s??f?

abd al-rah?m?n al-s??f? is a well-known astronomer who has some works in astronomy, mathematics and alchemy. the importance of his s?uwar al-kaw?kib (book about the constellations) caused that researchers don’t practice his other works. four treatises on astrolabe are ascribed to al-s??f?, any one of them is in persian. attribution of the three arabic treatises among these four to him is certai...

Abū l-`Alā' Zuhr (m. 525/1130): Kitāb al-Muŷarrabāt (Libro de las experiencias médicas)

sets of Roman medical instruments for the range of medical and surgical operations which might have been carried out during the period of their use, and the extent of specialization by Roman practitioners. The second section, covering "women, children and sexuality", is less extensive and wide ranging. It includes papers by Danielle Gourevitch, who draws attention to the instructions provided b...

the impact of abū al-jārūd on the imāmī traditions muḥammad kāẓim raḥmān sitāyish

abū al-jārūd is one of the leading figures of zaydis and the narrator of the significant books and traditions of imam al-ṣādiq (a.s.) and imam al-bāqir (a.s.), who has received the attention of the imāmī rijālīs (biographers) and dignitaries. on one hand, the imāmī and sunnī rijālīs have weakened him and, on the other hand, he is known as the transmitter of many and sometimes important traditio...

M. Kramer, N. Wex, and R. Wielebinski, eds. Pulsar Electrodynamics

First I emphasize the magnetospheric loop current system induced by the wind activity. Next, I address the formation of the fieldaligned electric field. An interesting aspect is the reaction of the inner magnetosphere to an induced current. In the traditional outer gap, the current running through the gap is all carried by the particles created in the gap. However, if external current-carrying ...

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