Ibn al-Haytham's Geometrical Methods and the Philosophy of Mathematics: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 5

Roshdi Rashed (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019

This fifth volume of A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics is complemented by four preceding volumes which focused on the main chapters of classical mathematics: infinitesimal geometry, theory of conics and its applications, spherical geometry, mathematical astronomy, etc. This book includes seven main works of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) and of two of his predecessors, Thabit ibn Qurra and al-Sijzi: The circle, its transformations and its properties; Analysis and synthesis: the founding of analytical art; A new mathematical discipline: the Knowns; The geometrisation of place; Analysis and synthesis: examples of the geometry of triangles; Axiomatic method and invention: Thabit ibn Qurra; The idea of an Ars Inveniendi: al-Sijzi. Including extensive commentary from one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject, this fundamental text is essential reading for historians and mathematicians at the most advanced levels of research.

• Curatore: Roshdi Rashed
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
• Anno: 2019
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 674 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 453 gr.
• EAN: 9780367865290

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