Classical Mathematics from Al-Khwarizmi to Descartes by Roshdi Rashed

Classical Mathematics from Al-Khwarizmi to Descartes by Roshdi Rashed

This book follows the development of classical mathematics and the relation between work done in the Arab and Islamic worlds and that undertaken by the likes of Descartes and Fermat.

This comprehensive history of mathematics from the 8th to the 17th centuries is organized by fieldsThe most interesting part is "Algebra" because of its unifying role. - M. Bona, University of Florida

Roshdi Rashed is one of the most eminent authorities on Arabic mathematics and the exact sciences. A historian and philosopher of mathematics and science and a highly celebrated epistemologist, he is currently Emeritus Research Director (distinguished class) at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, and is the former Director of the Centre for History of Medieval Science and Philosophy at the University of Paris (Denis Diderot, Paris VII). He also holds an Honorary Professorship at the University of Tokyo and an Emeritus Professorship at the University of Mansourah in Egypt.

Michael H. Shank is professor of the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, were he teaches surveys of the history of science from antiquity to Newton. His research interests focus on, and often stray beyond, the late-medieval Viennese astronomical and natural philosophical traditions.

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ISBN 13	9780415833882
ISBN 10	0415833884
Titel	Classical Mathematics from Al-Khwarizmi to Descartes
Autor	Roshdi Rashed
Serie	Culture And Civilization In The Middle East
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-08-11
Seitenanzahl	758
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