Zhongguo Tusi Zhidu (The native chieftain system in China). From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī or just Tusi was born in Tus, Iran just like Jabir but 386 years later. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
Qutb al-Din Shirazi (d. 1131), another distinguished astronomer, collaborated with Tusi in his scientific research. From Wordnik.com. [c. The Mongol Empire and Its Successors] Reference
This makes the Tusi manuscript chronologically closer than any other to the original of Ibn Fadlan, which was presumably written around A.D. From Wordnik.com. [Eaters Of The Dead]
But getting back to Tusi, who whilst still on the run from Ismaili stronghold to stronghold, which were gradually but surely falling to the Mongols. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
Statistical figures based on Gong Yin, Zhongguo Tusi Zhidu (The native chieftain system in China) (Kunming: Minzu Chubanshe, 1992), 58, 61, 113-114. From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
Even then, Tusi remained undeterred and he convinced Hulagu Khan himself, to build an observatory that soon established very accurate Astronomic tables. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
"Ershi Shiji Zhongguo Tusi Zhidu Yanjiu de Lilun yu Fangfa" (Theories and approaches in studies of the Chinese native chieftain system in the twentieth century). From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
It would take more than an invasion to deter Tusi from his own studies, which he doggedly pursued even as he sought refuge with the Ismaili, and their fortified strongholds. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
After Tusi, Alchemy would only come back to prominence in the Middle East when it had been altogether changed, renamed, and returned to the purity of a true modern science it had just started to become. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
Tusi mentions two types of argumentation that the tradition describes as assertoric proof or quia (burhan inni) and demonstrative proof or propter quid (burhan limmi), the former is an inference from effect to cause and the latter is from cause to effect. From Wordnik.com. [Mulla Sadra] Reference
In fact, it might be better to say the Copernican theory that Galileo was constructing was a physical realization of parts of Copernicus 'theory, which, by the way, dispensed with all the mathematical trappings (eccentrics, epicycles, Tusi couples and the like). From Wordnik.com. [Galileo Galilei] Reference
Tusi may have been only 17 when Genghis Khan invaded but he was already a gifted scholar having studied far and wide with some of the great Alchemists of the time, which included mathematicians, astronomers, and philosophers at the height of the Islamic Golden Age. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
Yet scholars regard the Tusi manuscript as the least trustworthy of all the sources; the text is full of obvious errors and internal inconsistencies, and although it quotes at length from one “Ibn Faqih” who visited the North country, many authorities hesitate to accept this material. From Wordnik.com. [Eaters Of The Dead]
Note 90: Gong Yin, Zhongguo Tusi Zhidu (The native chieftain system in China) (Kunming: Minzu Chubanshe, 1992), 460-461; for Tusi in the Ming, also see Jiang Yingliang, Mingdai Yunnan Jingnei de Tuguan yu Tusi (Native chieftains in Yunnan of the Ming Period) (Kunming: Yunnan Renmin Chubanshe, 1958). back. From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
Note 44: For the above measures, see Yuan Shi, juan 125, in YNSLCK 2: 556-557; for the Tusi system, Gong Yin in his review article has listed Chinese sources and works; see Gong Yin 2002, "20 Shiji Zhonguo Tusi Zhidu Yanjiu de Lilun yu Fangfa" (Theories and approaches in studies of the Chinese native chieftain system in the twentieth century), Sixiang Zhanxian 28, no. From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
For Tarak Roy and his wife Tusi, the joy of holding their firstborn was shortlived. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
Mingdai Yunnan de Tuguan yu Tusi Zhidu (The native chieftain system in Yunnan of the Ming Dynasty). From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
Chicken Satays With Spicy Peanut Sauce actor dresses up like an ancient Tusi chieftain of the Tujia people in Enshi prefecture, Hubei province. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Big kitchens among buyers' must-haves] Reference
I am really tired of Democrats and Republicans who are only worried about the ... congrats to: Laau, George, Fausia, Tusi and Seleti!! great season!! luv u guys!!. From Wordnik.com. [deseretnews.com - Utah] Reference
The mystic, mathematician and philosopher Al-Abili introduced him to mathematics, logic and philosophy, where he above all studied the works of Averroes, Avicenna, Razi and al-Tusi. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This also gave rise to Tusi being the first to empirically observe the earth’s rotation and present these observations as evidence. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
Tusi provided proof based on the detailed empirical observation in the location of comets being relative to the Earth’s own rotations. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
Though stalled by Tusi, he marked the end of the Islamic Golden Age as the last Ismaili stronghold, Alamut Castle, fell to Hulagu Khan, Genghis’s grandson in 1256CE. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
Director of Shamakhy Astrophysics Observatory named after Tusi of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Ayyub Guliyev told APA that spring will come to Azerbaijan on March 20 approximately at 21.32. From Wordnik.com. [APA] Reference
It was during this time that Tusi re-identified and clarified Epicurus’s statement that: "The sum total of things was always such as it is now, and such it will ever remain,"-Epicurus, Letter to Herodotus. From Wordnik.com. [How Alchemy changed the World #2] Reference
Lenox, Ill.); Tusi Sa'au, 6-2, 300, DL, Rainier Beach (Seattle); Mike Savicky. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Pac-10 football signees] Reference
“ “ “ (1996), al-Isharat wa-l-tanbihat ma˜ sharhay al-Tusi wa-l-Razi, ed.M. Shihabi, 3 vols (Qum: Nashr al-Balagha). From Wordnik.com. [Mulla Sadra] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.

