Ibrāhīm Ibn Sinān. Logique et Géométrie au Xe siècle
Biographical note
Roshdi Rashed, Doctorat d'État in History and Philosophy of Sciences, is Directeur de Recherche au CNRS, Honorary Professor at the University of Tokyo. Among his most recent publications: Les Mathématiques infinitésimales du IXe au XIe siècle, 2 vols. (al-Furqān, 1996); Les Catoptriciens grecs. I: Les miroirs ardents (Les Belles Lettres, 2000).
Hélène Bellosta, Docteur en épistémologie et histoire des sciences, Paris 7, Agrégée de l'université, Chercheur à l'Institut Français d'Études Arabes de Damas (IFEAD), Membre du Centre d'histoire des sciences et des philosophies arabes et médiévales.
Hélène Bellosta, Docteur en épistémologie et histoire des sciences, Paris 7, Agrégée de l'université, Chercheur à l'Institut Français d'Études Arabes de Damas (IFEAD), Membre du Centre d'histoire des sciences et des philosophies arabes et médiévales.
Readership
All those interested in the history of philosophy and in history of mathematical sciences, Historians of philosophy, historians of mathematics and sciences, historians of Islamic thought.
Reviews
'The book is essential reading for everyone interested in the development of Arabic language mathematics in the period of its important development.'
Mathematical Abstracts, 2002.
Mathematical Abstracts, 2002.
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