Al-Khwarizmi
The Beginnings of Algebra
$247.12
- Hardcover
340 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2010
Summary
Al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician, astronomer and geographer. He worked most of his life as a scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad during the first half of the 9th century and is considered by many to be the father of algebra. His Algebra (Kitab al-Jabr wa-al-muqabala), written around 820, was the first scientific text in history to systematically present algebra as a mathematical discipline that is independent of geometry and arithmetic. This groundbreaking work is divided into two ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780863564307 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0863564305 |
| Author: | Roshdi Rashed |
| Publisher: | Saqi Books |
| Imprint: | Saqi Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 340 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 847g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 165mm x 235mm |
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Roshdi Rashed
Roshdi Rashed is a leading authority in history and philosophy of science and mathematics. He is Senior Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, and a former Professor at the University of Tokyo. He has published widely in French and Arabic, and his books in English include: The Development of Arabic Mathematics: Between Arithmetic and Algebra (1994), Encyclopaedia of the History of Arabic Science (1996), Omar Khayyam. The Mathematician (2000), and Geometry and Dioptrics in Classical Islam (2005).
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