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

Lorch, Richard

ISBN 10: 0860785556 / ISBN 13: 9780860785552

Published by Routledge, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Arabic Mathematical Sciences: Instruments, Texts and Transmission (Variorum Collected Studies)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860785556
• ISBN 13: 9780860785552
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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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.

About the Author

Richard Lorch, University of Munich, Germany