| Description |
1 online resource (vii, pages 331-750) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 730-750). |
| Contents |
10 Numeration and arithmetic (Includes the scale of sixty, finger-reckoning, the Hindu system, forms of the numerals, contents of Hindu arithmetic, nature of Hindu arithmetic, Arabic development of arithmetic, common (vulgar) and decimal fractions in the Hindu system, Greek influence in Arabic arithmetic, etc.) -- 11 Algebra -- 12 Combinatorial analysis, numerical analysis, Diophantine analysis and number theory -- 13 Infinitesimal determinations, quadrature of lunules and isoperimetric problems -- 14 Geometry -- 15 Trigonometry -- 16 The influence of Arabic mathematics in the medieval West -- 17 Musical science -- 18 Statics -- 19 Geometrical optics -- 20 The emergence of physiological optics -- 21 The Western reception of Arabic optics. |
| Summary |
The Arabic contribution is fundamental to the history of science, mathematics and technology, but until now no single publication has offered an up-to-date synthesis of knowledge in this area. In three fully-illustrated volumes the Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science documents the history and philosophy of Arabic science from the earliest times to the present day. The set as a whole covers seven centuries. Thirty chapters, written by an international team of specialists from Europe, America, the Middle East and Russia cover such areas as astronomy, mathematics, music, engineering, nautical science and scientific institutions. |
| Biography |
Roshdi Rashed curremtly holds the positions of Directeur de recherche au C.N.R.S. and Director of the Centre d'Histoire des Sciences et des Philosophies Arabes et Medievales ans Professor at the University of Tokyo. His most recent publications include: The Development of Arabic Mathematics: Between Arithmetic and Algebra, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 156 (Dordrecht/Boston/London, 1994) and Optique et mathematique. Recherches sur l'histoire de la pensee scientifique en arabe, Varriorum Reprints, 1992. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science -- Arab countries -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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Mathematics -- Arab countries -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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Physical sciences -- Arab countries -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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SCIENCE -- Reference. |
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HISTORY -- General. |
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Mathematics |
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Physical sciences |
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Science |
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Arab countries |
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encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias
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History
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Rāshid, Rushdī.
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Morelon, Régis.
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Mathematics and the physical sciences |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Encyclopedia of the history of Arabic science. Volume 2, Mathematics and the physical sciences. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996 0415124115 |
| ISBN |
0203403606 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203403600 (electronic bk.) |
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9781134977239 (electronic bk. ; EPUB) |
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1134977239 (electronic bk. ; EPUB) |
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9781134977192 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket) |
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1134977190 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket) |
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9781134977246 (electronic bk. ; PDF) |
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1134977247 (electronic bk. ; PDF) |
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