Book Review of “Reflections on Observational Astronomy in the Medieval Islamic Period” by S. Mohammad Mozaffari by Fatima Sharif

https://muslimheritage.com/observational-astronomy/ Reflections on Observational Astronomy in the Medieval Islamic Period authored by Dr. S. Mohammad Mozaffari is an essential volume in the history of astronomy shedding light on the comprehensive activities undertaken by Islamic astronomers in the realm of observational astronomy. It explores how these astronomers made observations, interpreted those results, and developed innovative methods to minimise empirical errors. In this book, Mozaffari examines how they derived new values for the astronomical parameters within Ptolemy’s framework, discovered new phenomena or identified hitherto-unknown peculiarities in Ptolemaic astronomy, and how and why they designed new instruments to advance their objectives.