Roshdi Rashed
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Ibn al-Haytham and Analytical Mathematics

A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 2

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This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and the exact sciences in the mediaeval Arab world. The second of five comprehensive volumes, this book offers a detailed exploration of Arabic mathematics in the eleventh century as embodied in the legacy of the celebrated polymath al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham. Extensive analyses and annotations from the eminent scholar, Roshdi Rashed, support a number of key Arabic texts from Ibn al-Haytham's treatises in infinitesimal mathematics, translated here into English for the first time. Rashed shows how Ibn al-Hayt...