Ibn al-Haytham, New Astronomy and Spherical Geometry by Roshdi Rashed In Paris France)

Ibn al-Haytham, New Astronomy and Spherical Geometry by Roshdi Rashed In Paris France)

This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and science from the mediaeval Arab world. It also includes extensive commentary from one of worlds foremost authorities on the subject.

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.

J. V. Field is a historian of science, and is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of History of Art and Screen Media, Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

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ISBN 13	9780415582162
ISBN 10	0415582164
Title	Ibn al-Haytham, New Astronomy and Spherical Geometry
Author	Roshdi Rashed In Paris France)
Series	Culture And Civilization In The Middle East
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2014-05-30
Number of pages	656
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