History of Mathematics in the Islamic World: The Present State of the Art [1985]

J. Lennart Berggren

A chapter in From Alexandria, Through Baghdad, 2014, pp 51-71 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In recent years, many discoveries in the history of Islamic mathematics have not been reported outside the specialist literature, even though they raise issues of interest to a larger audience. Thus, our aim in writing this survey is to provide to scholars of Islamic culture an account of the major themes and discoveries of the last decade of research on the history of mathematics in the Islamic world. However, the subject of mathematics comprised much more than what a modern mathematician might think of as belonging to mathematics, so our survey is an overview of what may best be called the "mathematical sciences" in Islam; that is, in addition to such topics as arithmetic, algebra, and geometry we will also be interested in mechanics, optics, and mathematical instruments.

Keywords: York Academy; Twelfth Century; Exact Science; Islamic World; Full Reference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6_4

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