Mathematics and Her Sisters in Medieval Islam: A Selective Review of Work Done from 1985 to 1995 [1997]

J. Lennart Berggren

A chapter in From Alexandria, Through Baghdad, 2014, pp 73-99 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper surveys work done over the past decade, largely in Western Europe and North America, in the history of the mathematical sciences as practiced in medieval Islam from central Asia to Spain. Among the major topics covered, in addition to the usual branches of mathematics, are mathematical geography, astronomy, and optics. We have also given accounts of some current debates on the interpretation ofimportant texts and, in addition, we havesu rveyed some of the literature dealing with the interrelation of mathematics and society in medieval Islam.

Keywords: Islamic World; Arabic Text; Greek Text; Moon Illusion; Arabic Translation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6_5

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