introduction in astronomy in Arab

Hi there,

this might sound as a rather strange request, but does anyone know of
a good introduction in astronomy in arab. I'm looking for a book on
general astronomy with nice pics and explanations of planets galaxies
etc..., not so much on practical observing

thanks,

Aglooka

aglooka wrote:
Hi there,

this might sound as a rather strange request, but does anyone know of
a good introduction in astronomy in arab. I'm looking for a book on
general astronomy with nice pics and explanations of planets galaxies
etc..., not so much on practical observing

thanks,

Aglooka


Not strange so much as hard to answer. I likely would not recognize one
if it was in front of my now .. unless it was illustrated ;-)

Seriously, have you tried a search with Google on 'arabic astronomy' or
'arabic language astronomy book' or some such?

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:09:18 +0100, aglooka wrote:


Hi there,

this might sound as a rather strange request, but does anyone know of
a good introduction in astronomy in arab. I'm looking for a book on
general astronomy with nice pics and explanations of planets galaxies
etc..., not so much on practical observing

thanks,

Aglooka


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Joe

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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:09:18 +0100, aglooka wrote, in
part:

this might sound as a rather strange request, but does anyone know of
a good introduction in astronomy in arab. I'm looking for a book on
general astronomy with nice pics and explanations of planets galaxies
etc..., not so much on practical observing

Such a book surely *should* exist. Half the *stars* have Arabic names -
Algol, Mizar, Deneb... .

John Savard
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:09:18 +0100, aglooka wrote:

Hi there,

this might sound as a rather strange request, but does anyone know of
a good introduction in astronomy in arab. I'm looking for a book on
general astronomy with nice pics and explanations of planets galaxies
etc..., not so much on practical observing

thanks,

Aglooka

One very active group in the Arabic world is the Jordanian Astronomical
Society. They might have a suggestion although they might not know the
books' availability where you live (assuming it's not in an Arab country).
Web site: http://www.jas.org.jo/

There's also the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences at
http://www.jas.org.jo/union.html but that's more for conferences.

Mike Simmons

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:50:26 GMT, Phil Wheeler
wrote, in part:

Seriously, have you tried a search with Google on 'arabic astronomy' or
'arabic language astronomy book' or some such?

That doesn't work, as I suspected.

But if one had a computer fitted to use the Arabic language on the
keyboard, and found an Arabic-language search engine, *then* one's
search results would, one hopes, find references more recent than the
Almagest.

Also, the local public library has a little section with a few books
from each of several foreign languages spoken by people in the area.

John Savard
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Here's one, sort of:
http://www.malayin.com/new2.asp?idfield=340

Clear skies,
Shneor

Aglooka wrote:
this might sound as a rather strange request, but does anyone know of
a good introduction in astronomy in arab. I'm looking for a book on
general astronomy with nice pics and explanations of planets galaxies
etc..., not so much on practical observing

Perhaps not exactly what you're looking for, but this *might* work:

http://www.alkitab.com/main.asp?uri=...page=1&pi=2374

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Aglooka:
this might sound as a rather strange request, but does anyone know of
a good introduction in astronomy in arab. I'm looking for a book on
general astronomy with nice pics and explanations of planets galaxies
etc..., not so much on practical observing

Brian Tung:
Perhaps not exactly what you're looking for, but this *might* work:
http://www.alkitab.com/main.asp?uri=...page=1&pi=2374

I've had -- and enjoyed -- that book for some years. One wonders,
however, what someone who appears not to know the name of the Arabic
language will do with a book written in Arabic.

Davoud

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Davoud wrote:
I've had -- and enjoyed -- that book for some years. One wonders,
however, what someone who appears not to know the name of the Arabic
language will do with a book written in Arabic.

Perhaps he merely doesn't know the name of the Arabic language *in
English*. How does one say "Arabic" in Arabic?

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