mathematics

Following the collapse of the Roman Empire at the beginning of the 5th century man’s concern was primarily focused upon security…

10th-century Córdoba, mathematics—and particularly geometry—was applied to architectural design in new ways, constituting a…

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Communities in different times and places in the world have given varying weight to forms of knowledge and the variety of…

This paper offers a glimpse of the major contributions made by Arabs to mathematics in middle ages history period. Its purpose…

When the history of science in prehistoric or Bronze Age societies is described, what one finds is normally a description of…

Establishing in Baghdad, a recently founded capital of Abbasid caliphs, of دار الحکمه Daru l-Hikmat (Abode of Wisdom) by caliph…

Islamic mathematical achievements were many as here outlined by Sabra. Islamic scholars devised and successfully applied new and…

This bibliography is a revised, enlarged and updated version of the bibliography on Islamic mathematics by Richard Lorch on pp.…

"The early history of the mind of men with regard to mathematics leads us to point out our own errors; and in this respect it is…

The Qur’an, the sacred book of Islam, praised medicine as an art close to God. Astronomy and astrology were believed to be a…

In Islam Mathematics is seen as an important tool for life. The Qur’an considers the rules of mathematics to be a pathway to…