The Enterprise of Science in Islam: New Perspectives

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J. P. Hogendijk, A. I. Sabra
MIT Press, 2003 - 386 pagina's
Between A.D. 800 and 1450, the most important centers for the study of what we now call the exact sciences - including the mathematical sciences of arithmetic, geometry, and trigonometry and their applications in such fields as astronomy, astrology, geography, cartography, and optics - were not in Europe but in the vast, multinational Islamic world.
 

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THE TRANSMISSION OF Arabic ASTRONOMY VIA ANTIOCH
23
ARABIC OPTICS
55
MATHEMATICS AND PHILOSOPHY IN MEDIEVAL ISLAM
121
TENTHCENTURY MATHEMATICS THROUGH THE EYES
177
QUADRATUS MIRABILIS
199
ARCHITECTURE
235
THE SARVASIDDHĀNTARĀJA OF NITYANANDA
269
ON THE LUNAR TABLES IN SANJAQ DARS ZĪJ ALSHARIF
285
A PANORAMA OF RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY
309
Another AnDALUSIAN REVOLT? IBN RUSHDS CRITIQUE
351
INDEX
373
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TitelThe Enterprise of Science in Islam: New Perspectives
Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology
RedacteursJ. P. Hogendijk, A. I. Sabra
Editiegeïllustreerd
UitgeverMIT Press, 2003
ISBN0262194821, 9780262194822
Lengte386 pagina's
  
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