Arabic Mathematical Sciences: Instruments, Texts and Transmission (Variorum Collected Studies) - Hardcover

Lorch, Richard

 
9780860785552: Arabic Mathematical Sciences: Instruments, Texts and Transmission (Variorum Collected Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0860785556 ISBN 13: 9780860785552
Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

This book deals with the mathematical sciences in medieval Islam, and focuses on three main themes. The first is that of the translation of texts (from Greek into Arabic, then from Arabic into Latin), and close attention is paid to terminology and comparative vocabulary. The other themes are those of the technology of the sphere and of astronomical instruments, which are treated both from the mechanical and mathematical point of view. Several of the articles combine these themes, for instance the study of the self-rotating sphere of al-Khazini (12th century) or that on the transmission of spherical trigonometry to the West. Four articles also contain substantial texts, with translation and commentary.

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About the Author

Richard Lorch, University of Munich, Germany

Review

'contains ..a wealth of material necessary and useful for future research on medieval Arabic or Latin mathematical sciences and instruments.' Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 140

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0860785556
ISBN 13 
9780860785552
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
368