Workshops
Workshops about sundials are held in Turkey.
For more information, contact h.hietbrink
planet.nl.
Astrolabes
The catalogue of the Collection of Instruments of the Institute for the History of Arabic and Islamic Sciences describes many ancient astrolabes and shows high quality pictures of replicas.
Turkish Airlines Science Expo 2020
At the Turkish Airlines Science Expo in Bursa in April 2020 we should have done our sundial and muqarnas workshops with a team of Turkish teachers and students.
However, because of the outbreak of COVID-19 there were no flights to Istanbul and the event was postponed.
◊ Henk Hietbrink, Kübra Konya (and more)
Turkish Airlines Science Expo 2019
At the Turkish Airlines Science Expo in Bursa in 2019 we did our sundial and geometry workshops with a team of Turkish teachers and students.
◊ Henk Hietbrink, Ayca Turan, Nakiye Güventürk, Kübra Konya (and more)
Konya Science Festival 2018
In October 2018 we did our sundial workshop in Konya in the open air.
◊ Henk Hietbrink, Ayca Turan, Asli Yilmaz, Miray Yanlic
AstroFest 2018
We did our sundial workshop in the Karina hotel on Uludag mountain.
Workshops were presented to introduce the concepts of sundials by
◊ Henk Hietbrink, Miray Yanlic, Ayca Turan and Kübra Konya
Turkish Airlines Science Expo 2018
We were back in 2018 at the Turkish Airlines Science Expo in Bursa in 2018 with a team of Turkish teachers and students.
Workshops to introduce the concepts of sundials were presented by:
◊ Henk Hietbrink, Ayca Turan, Asli Yilmaz, Ebru Ergin, Kübra Konya, Nakiye Güventürk
AstroFest 2017
Workshops to introduce the concepts of sundials were presented by:
◊ Henk Hietbrink and Kübra Konya
Links to teacher meeting
A teacher meeting was held at Thursday, July 27th at the Bursa Science Center.
◊ Henk Hietbrink and Irem Aslan Seyhan
Turkish Airlines Science Expo 2017
Workshops to introduce the concepts of sundials were presented by:
◊ Henk Hietbrink, Irem Aslan Seyhan, Kübra Konya
AstroFest 2016
Workshops were developed to introduce the concepts of sundials.
◊ Henk Hietbrink (sundials)
Fourth International Summer School at the Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Foundation for the History of Science in Islam in Istanbul 2015
A workshop to introduce the problem of Ibn al-Haytham with two compasses was presented by
◊ Henk Hietbrink
Third International Summer School at the Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Foundation for the History of Science in Islam in Istanbul 2014
A workshop to introduce the problem of drawing conic sections based on an instrument of Abu Sahl al-Kuhi was presented by
◊ Henk Hietbrink
Second International Summer School at the Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Foundation for the History of Science in Islam in Istanbul 2013
A workshop to introduce a medieval portable sundial was presented by
◊ Henk Hietbrink
Links to websites
Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam
Links to documents
Roy, Clarke, Astronomy Principles And Practice
Jenkins: The Sun's position in the sky
BYU Museum of Art: The Astrolabe workshop
video's
proof stereographic projection
Usefull animations
geogebra My sundial
geogebra My sundial
geogebra My altitude of the sun
geogebra My astrolabe
geogebra My meridian
geogebra My most important angles
geogebra My mirrors
