Princely Pandect on Astronomy

Kaveh Niazi received a Ph.D in applied physics from the University of California, Berkeley (1995) as well as a Ph.D in the history of science from Columbia University, New York, in 2011. He is the author of "Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī and the Configuration of the Heavens" (Springer, 2014). His research interests include the history of astronomy, geology, and engineering in the Islamic era.

• Preface.- Part I. Introduction.- Chapter 1 Ṭūsī’s hayʾa.- Chapter 2 Ṭūsī as a Young Scholar.- Chapter 3 On the Structure and Contents of Risāla-yi Muʿīnīya.- Part II. Edition and Translation of Risāla-yi Muʿīnīya.- Chapter 4 Book One: On the Introduction to this Science.- Chapter 5 Two: On the Configuration of the Celestial Bodies.- Chapter 6 Book Three: On the Configuration of the Earth and the Difference in the State of its Regions Due to the Difference in the State of the Celestial Bodies.- Chapter 7 Book Four: On the Distances and Bodies.- Part III. Ṭūsī’s Commentary on Risāla-yi Muʿīnīya.- Chapter 8 The Chapters. Appendices.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.