Ibn al-Haytham and Analytical Mathematics: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 2

By Roshdi Rashed

Book Overview

This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and the exact sciences from the mediaeval Arab world. It also includes extensive commentary from one of the world's foremost authorities in the field of Arabic sciences and philosophy, the eminent scholar Roshdi Rashed, who illuminates the various historical, textual and epistemic threads that underpinned the history of Arabic mathematical and scientific knowledge up to the seventeenth century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138109134
• ISBN13: 9781138109131
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"