Mathematics and her sisters in Medieval Islam: A selective review of work done from 1985 to 1995
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Mathematics and her sisters in Medieval Islam: A selective review of work done from 1985 to 1995
zbMATH Open document ID: 0891.01017
author: J. L. Berggren
published in: Historia Mathematica
publication date: 1998-07-27T00:00:00Z
review text: In this paper the author surveys recent (1985-1995) work in the history of the mathematical sciences in medieval Islam, including mathematics itself and the sciences of astronomy, astrology, cartography, optics, and music, where mathematics played an essential role. The survey is largely restricted to works published in North America or Europe and, in particular, refers neither to works published in the former Soviet Union nor to works entirely in Arabic. Although some cases have been noted in which a particular work has occasioned some critical comment this does not mean that all other work has been, or should be, accepted as established truth.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A20
zbMATH DE Number: 1121605
zbMATH Keywords: astronomy
zbMATH Keywords: astrology
zbMATH Keywords: cartography
zbMATH Keywords: optics
zbMATH Keywords: music
reviewed by: Hubert L. L. Busard
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: hmat.1997.2173
OpenAlex ID: W4210804203
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Mathematics and her sisters in Medieval Islam: A selective review of work done from 1985 to 1995 (DOI)
DOI: 10.1006/HMAT.1997.2173