Arabic in the Sciences
The Sabian Tables
الزيج الصابئ
Al-Battani's zij – his astronomical tables – reached Latin in the 12th century; the Polish astronomer Copernicus cites his observations again and again in De revolutionibus.
- Author
- Muhammad ibn Jabir al-Battani (Albategnius) (d. 929)
- Field
- Astronomy
- Arabic title
- الزِّيجُ الصابئ
- Latin title
- De motu stellarum; De scientia stellarum (Albategnius)
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