Ibn al-Haytham, New Astronomy and Spherical Geometry A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 4

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Roshdi Rashed, "Ibn al-Haytham, New Astronomy and Spherical Geometry: A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 4 "
English | ISBN: 0815348827 | 2017 | 656 pages | EPUB | 12 MB
This volume provides a unique primary source on the history and philosophy of mathematics and science from the mediaeval Arab world. The fourth volume of A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics is complemented by three preceding volumes which focused on infinitesimal determinations and other chapters of classical mathematics.

This book includes five main works of the polymath Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) on astronomy, spherical geometry and trigonometry, plane trigonometry and studies of astronomical instruments on hour lines, horizontal sundials and compasses for great circles.
In particular, volume four examines:
the increasing tendency to mathematize the inherited astronomy from Greek sources, namely Ptolemy's
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