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In this unique insight into the history and philosophy of
mathematics and science in the mediaeval Arab world, the eminent
scholar Roshdi Rashed illuminates the various historical, textual
and epistemic threads that underpinned the history of Arabic
mathematical and scientific knowledge up to the seventeenth
century. The first of five wide-ranging and comprehensive volumes,
this book provides a detailed exploration of Arabic mathematics and
sciences in the ninth and tenth centuries. Extensive and detailed
analyses and annotations support a number of key Arabic texts,
which are translated here into English for the first time. In this
volume Rashed focuses on the traditions of celebrated polymaths
from the ninth and tenth centuries 'School of Baghdad' - such as
the Banu Musa, Thabit ibn Qurra, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Abu Jafar
al-Khazin, Abu Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Quhi - and
eleventh-century Andalusian mathematicians like Abu al-Qasim ibn
al-Samh, and al-Mu'taman ibn Hud. The Archimedean-Apollonian
traditions of these polymaths are thematically explored to
illustrate the historical and epistemological development of
'infinitesimal mathematics' as it became more clearly articulated
in the eleventh-century influential legacy of al-Hasan ibn
al-Haytham ('Alhazen'). Contributing to a more informed and
balanced understanding of the internal currents of the history of
mathematics and the exact sciences in Islam, and of its adaptive
interpretation and assimilation in the European context, this
fundamental text will appeal to historians of ideas,
epistemologists, mathematicians at the most advanced levels of
research.
Bringing together a broad range of contributors including art,
architecture, and design academic theorists and historians, in
addition to practicing artists, architects, and designers, this
volume explores the place of the sketchbook in contemporary art and
architecture. Drawing upon a diverse range of theories, practices,
and reflections common to the contemporary conceptualisation of the
sketchbook and its associated environments, it offers a dialogue in
which the sketchbook can be understood as a pivotal working tool
that contributes to the creative process and the formulation and
production of visual ideas. Along with exploring the theoretical,
philosophical, psychological, and curatorial implications of the
sketchbook, the book addresses emergent digital practices by way of
examining contemporary developments in sketchbook productions and
pedagogical applications. Consequently, these more recent
developments question the validity of the sketchbook as both an
instrument of practice and creativity, and as an educational
device. International in scope, it not only explores European
intellectual and artistic traditions, but also intercultural and
cross-cultural perspectives, including reviews of practices in
Chinese artworks or Islamic calligraphy, and situational contexts
that deal with historical examples, such as Roman art, or modern
practices in geographical-cultural regions like Pakistan.
Bringing together a broad range of contributors including art,
architecture, and design academic theorists and historians, in
addition to practicing artists, architects, and designers, this
volume explores the place of the sketchbook in contemporary art and
architecture. Drawing upon a diverse range of theories, practices,
and reflections common to the contemporary conceptualisation of the
sketchbook and its associated environments, it offers a dialogue in
which the sketchbook can be understood as a pivotal working tool
that contributes to the creative process and the formulation and
production of visual ideas. Along with exploring the theoretical,
philosophical, psychological, and curatorial implications of the
sketchbook, the book addresses emergent digital practices by way of
examining contemporary developments in sketchbook productions and
pedagogical applications. Consequently, these more recent
developments question the validity of the sketchbook as both an
instrument of practice and creativity, and as an educational
device. International in scope, it not only explores European
intellectual and artistic traditions, but also intercultural and
cross-cultural perspectives, including reviews of practices in
Chinese artworks or Islamic calligraphy, and situational contexts
that deal with historical examples, such as Roman art, or modern
practices in geographical-cultural regions like Pakistan.
In this unique insight into the history and philosophy of
mathematics and science in the mediaeval Arab world, the eminent
scholar Roshdi Rashed illuminates the various historical, textual
and epistemic threads that underpinned the history of Arabic
mathematical and scientific knowledge up to the seventeenth
century. The first of five wide-ranging and comprehensive volumes,
this book provides a detailed exploration of Arabic mathematics and
sciences in the ninth and tenth centuries. Extensive and detailed
analyses and annotations support a number of key Arabic texts,
which are translated here into English for the first time. In this
volume Rashed focuses on the traditions of celebrated polymaths
from the ninth and tenth centuries 'School of Baghdad' - such as
the Banu Musa, Thabit ibn Qurra, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Abu Jafar
al-Khazin, Abu Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Quhi - and
eleventh-century Andalusian mathematicians like Abu al-Qasim ibn
al-Samh, and al-Mu'taman ibn Hud. The Archimedean-Apollonian
traditions of these polymaths are thematically explored to
illustrate the historical and epistemological development of
'infinitesimal mathematics' as it became more clearly articulated
in the eleventh-century influential legacy of al-Hasan ibn
al-Haytham ('Alhazen'). Contributing to a more informed and
balanced understanding of the internal currents of the history of
mathematics and the exact sciences in Islam, and of its adaptive
interpretation and assimilation in the European context, this
fundamental text will appeal to historians of ideas,
epistemologists, mathematicians at the most advanced levels of
research.
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