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| Author | (eds.) Roshdi Rashed with Régis Morelon |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | May 1996 |
| ISBN | 0-415-02063-8 |
| OCLC | 185762373 |
| 509/.17/4927 21 | |
| LC Class | Q127.A5 E53 2000 |
The Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science is a three-volume encyclopedia covering the history of Arabic contributions to science, mathematics and technology which had a marked influence on the Middle Ages in Europe. It is written by internationally recognized experts in the field and edited by Roshdi Rashed in collaboration with Régis Morelon. [1]
Volume one covers " Astronomy—Theoretical and applied". Volume two covers " Mathematics and the Physical Sciences". Volume three covers " Technology, Alchemy, and the Life Sciences".
Editions
- French edition: " fr:Histoire des sciences arabes", 3 vol., Le Seuil, Paris, 1997, ( ISBN 2-02-030355-8).
- Arabic edition: "Mawsu‘a Tarikh al-‘ulum al-‘arabiyya", 3 vol., Markaz Dirasat al-Wahda al-‘arabiyya, Beirut, 1997, ( ISBN 9953-450-73-0, 978-9953-450-73-5). [2]
Contributors
A partial list of contributors include:
- Volume 1
- R. Morelon and George Saliba ( Arabic astronomy)
- David A. King ( astronomy in Islamic society)
- Edward Stewart Kennedy ( mathematical geography)
- J. Vernet and J. Samsó (Arabic science in Andalusia)
- H. Grosset-Grange ( Arabic nautical sciences)
- Volume 2
- A. S. Saidan (numeration and arithmetic)
- Boris A. Rosenfeld and A. P. Yushkevich (geometry)
- J.-C. Chabrier and M. Rozhanskaya (music and statics)
- M.-Th. Debarnot (trigonometry, algebra)
- Roshdi Rashed (geometrical optics)
- G. Russell (physiological optics)
- Volume 3
- Donald Routledge Hill (engineering)
- A. Miquel (geography)
- Toufic Fahd (botany and agriculture)
- G. Anawati (Arabic alchemy)
- E. Savage-Smith (medicine)
- F. Micheau (scientific institutions in the medieval Near East)
- J. Jolivet (classifications of the sciences)
- M. Mahdi (historiography)
- B. Goldstein (heritage of Arabic science in Hebrew)
- H. Hugonnard-Roche, A. Allard, D. Lindberg, R. Halleux, and D. Jacquart (Western reception of various Arabic sciences)
Notes
References
- J. L. Berggren. " Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed". Journal of the American Oriental Society. Vol. 120, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 2000), pp. 282-283.
- Sonja Brentjes. " Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed". Technology and Culture. Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr., 1999), pp. 399-401.
- Charles Burnett. " Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed; Régis Morelon". The British Journal for the History of Science. Vol. 31, No. 1 (Mar., 1998), pp. 72–73.
External links
- Volume 1[ dead link]
- Volume 2[ dead link]
- Rashed, Roshdi; Morelon, Régis (1996). Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science: Astronomy-Theoretical and applied, v.2 Mathematics and the physical sciences; v.3 Technology, alchemy and life sciences. Routledge. ISBN 9780415020633.
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| Author | (eds.) Roshdi Rashed with Régis Morelon |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | May 1996 |
| ISBN | 0-415-02063-8 |
| OCLC | 185762373 |
| 509/.17/4927 21 | |
| LC Class | Q127.A5 E53 2000 |
The Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science is a three-volume encyclopedia covering the history of Arabic contributions to science, mathematics and technology which had a marked influence on the Middle Ages in Europe. It is written by internationally recognized experts in the field and edited by Roshdi Rashed in collaboration with Régis Morelon. [1]
Volume one covers " Astronomy—Theoretical and applied". Volume two covers " Mathematics and the Physical Sciences". Volume three covers " Technology, Alchemy, and the Life Sciences".
Editions
- French edition: " fr:Histoire des sciences arabes", 3 vol., Le Seuil, Paris, 1997, ( ISBN 2-02-030355-8).
- Arabic edition: "Mawsu‘a Tarikh al-‘ulum al-‘arabiyya", 3 vol., Markaz Dirasat al-Wahda al-‘arabiyya, Beirut, 1997, ( ISBN 9953-450-73-0, 978-9953-450-73-5). [2]
Contributors
A partial list of contributors include:
- Volume 1
- R. Morelon and George Saliba ( Arabic astronomy)
- David A. King ( astronomy in Islamic society)
- Edward Stewart Kennedy ( mathematical geography)
- J. Vernet and J. Samsó (Arabic science in Andalusia)
- H. Grosset-Grange ( Arabic nautical sciences)
- Volume 2
- A. S. Saidan (numeration and arithmetic)
- Boris A. Rosenfeld and A. P. Yushkevich (geometry)
- J.-C. Chabrier and M. Rozhanskaya (music and statics)
- M.-Th. Debarnot (trigonometry, algebra)
- Roshdi Rashed (geometrical optics)
- G. Russell (physiological optics)
- Volume 3
- Donald Routledge Hill (engineering)
- A. Miquel (geography)
- Toufic Fahd (botany and agriculture)
- G. Anawati (Arabic alchemy)
- E. Savage-Smith (medicine)
- F. Micheau (scientific institutions in the medieval Near East)
- J. Jolivet (classifications of the sciences)
- M. Mahdi (historiography)
- B. Goldstein (heritage of Arabic science in Hebrew)
- H. Hugonnard-Roche, A. Allard, D. Lindberg, R. Halleux, and D. Jacquart (Western reception of various Arabic sciences)
Notes
References
- J. L. Berggren. " Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed". Journal of the American Oriental Society. Vol. 120, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 2000), pp. 282-283.
- Sonja Brentjes. " Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed". Technology and Culture. Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr., 1999), pp. 399-401.
- Charles Burnett. " Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed; Régis Morelon". The British Journal for the History of Science. Vol. 31, No. 1 (Mar., 1998), pp. 72–73.
External links
- Volume 1[ dead link]
- Volume 2[ dead link]
- Rashed, Roshdi; Morelon, Régis (1996). Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science: Astronomy-Theoretical and applied, v.2 Mathematics and the physical sciences; v.3 Technology, alchemy and life sciences. Routledge. ISBN 9780415020633.