The emergence of scientific modernity in Iran: Controversies surrounding astrology and modern astronomy in the mid‐nineteenth century

Iranian Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 5-24

  Arjomand, Kamran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 85037387227     PISSN: 00210862     EISSN: 14754819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00210869708701857     Document Type: Article

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