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.
Early modern, mathematics is a term widely used to refer to the
mathematics which developed in the West during the sixteenth and
seventeenth century. For many historians and philosophers this is
the watershed which marks a radical departure from classical
mathematics, to more modern mathematics; heralding the arrival of
algebra, geometrical algebra, and the mathematics of the
continuous. In this book, Roshdi Rashed demonstrates that early
modern, mathematics is actually far more composite than previously
assumed, with each branch having different traceable origins which
span the millennium. Going back to the beginning of these parts,
the aim of this book is to identify the concepts and practices of
key figures in their development, thereby presenting a fuller
reality of these mathematics.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars
specialising in Islamic science and mathematics, as well as to
those with an interest in the more general history of science and
mathematics and the transmission of ideas and culture."
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