Founding Figures and Commentators in Arabic Mathematics: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 1

Contributor(s): Rashed, Roshdi (Author), El-Bizri, Nader (Editor)

ISBN: 9780415582179

Publisher: Routledge

Hardcover

$233.99

Pub Date: October 6, 2011

Dewey: 510.91749270

LCCN: 2011016464

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 2.00" H x 9.30" L x 6.30" W ( 3.00 lbs) 808 pages

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Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

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Description:

In this unique insight into the history and philosophy of mathematics and science in the mediaeval Arab world, the eminent scholar Roshdi Rashed illuminates the various historical, textual and epistemic threads that underpinned the history of Arabic mathematical and scientific knowledge in the ninth and tenth centuries.