{"product_id":"ibn-al-haythams-geometrical-methods-and-the-philosophy-of-mathematics-9780415582193","title":"Ibn al-Haytham's Geometrical Methods and the Philosophy of Mathematics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Roshdi Rashed\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fifth volume of \u003ci\u003eA History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e is complemented by four preceding volumes which focused on the main chapters of classical mathematics: infinitesimal geometry, theory of conics and its applications, spherical geometry, mathematical astronomy, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book includes seven main works of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) and of two of his predecessors, Thābit ibn Qurra and al-Sijzī \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe circle, its transformations and its properties; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis and synthesis: the founding of analytical art; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new mathematical discipline: \u003ci\u003ethe Known\u003c\/i\u003es; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe geometrisation of place;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis and synthesis: examples of the geometry of triangles;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAxiomatic method and invention: Thābit ibn Qurra;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe idea of an \u003ci\u003eArs Inveniendi\u003c\/i\u003e: al-Sijzī.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncluding extensive commentary from one of the world's foremost authorities on the subject, this fundamental text is essential reading for historians and mathematicians at the most advanced levels of research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45235387859095,"sku":"9780415582193","price":12867.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415582193.webp?v=1769209529","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ibn-al-haythams-geometrical-methods-and-the-philosophy-of-mathematics-9780415582193","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}