Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam
This book presents an account of selected topics from key mathematical works of medieval Islam, based on the Arabic texts themselves. Many of these works had a great influence on mathematics in Western Europe. Topics covered in the first edition incl
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Episodes in the
Mathematics of
Medieval Islam Second Edition
Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam
J.L. Berggren
Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam Second Edition
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J.L. Berggren Department of Mathematics Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC Canada
ISBN 978-1-4939-3778-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-3780-6
ISBN 978-1-4939-3780-6
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Preface
Thirty years have elapsed since the appearance of the first edition of this book, and the author has been much gratified by the positive reaction of professional colleagues as well as individuals previously unknown to him who have written to express their enjoyment of the book. However, in those 30 years much has happened in the study of the history of mathematics in the medieval Islamic world. Young scholars, who were just beginning their careers when Episodes was written (or, indeed, were not yet born), as well as others, have made a number of important sources, together with penetrating studies of the same, available in European languages. Moreover, increasing attention has been paid to the setting of mathematics in medieval Islamic society, how it was taught, and how its study was fostered. But, in addition to taking into account the growth of the field there is another reason for a second edition of this work, and that is that the first edition did not cover the role of mathematicians in the Western regions of medieval Islam. Shortly after the book appeared, a colleague in that part of the world wrote and asked why I had not included material on mathematics in that region. To this very reasonable question I could only reply, as Dr. Johnson
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