Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science

Short description: 1996 book by Roshdi Rashed

Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science

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

Dewey Decimal

| 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".

## Contents

* 1 Editions
* 2 Contributors
* 3 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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

1. ↑ Berggren
2. ↑ "Traduction Encyclopédie: Histoire des Sciences Arabes t.1, Société Libanaise Histoire des Sciences, History of Science, تاريخ العلوم العربية, UNIVERSITE LIBANAISE, CNRS-L, Lebanese University, NCSR-L". http://www.histoire-des-sciences.com/bibliot/encyclo1.php.

## 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[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
* Volume 2[|permanent dead link|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. https://books.google.com/books?id=Fx7GtwAACAAJ.

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