Foundation Course

Arabic contribution to Astronomy. I. Continuation of the Greek Tradition in Astronomy. In Astronomy, the arabs carried on the Greek Tradition, accepting, without criticism, the geocentric theory, mainly the views of Ptolemy. If they did not add to the theory, they developed good s\astronomical instruments, built observatories in some of the largest cities, and did instruments, built observatories in some of the largest cities, and did keep up, without a break, the astronomical observations of the Ancients. Their well-Known astronomical tables were constructed on the basis of Ptolemy’s work, known as “Almagest” which the Arabs had translated. II. Extension of Astrolabe. (Observational Device) One of the Greek inventions that the Arabs elaborated and spread was the astrolabe. It is a primitive observational device. However