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Arabic Mathematical Sciences - Instruments, Texts and Transmission (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Arabic Mathematical Sciences - Instruments, Texts and Transmission (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
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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.
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