{"product_id":"ibn-al-haythams-geometrical-methods-and-the-philosophy-of-mathematics","title":"Ibn al-Haytham's Geometrical Methods and the Philosophy of Mathematics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fifth volume of \u003ci\u003eA History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e is complemented by four preceding volumes which focused on the main chapters of classical mathematics: infinitesimal geometry, theory of conics and its applications, spherical geometry, mathematical astronomy, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book includes seven main works of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) and of two of his predecessors, Thābit ibn Qurra and al-Sijzī:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe circle, its transformations and its properties; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis and synthesis: the founding of analytical art; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new mathematical discipline: \u003ci\u003ethe Known\u003c\/i\u003es; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe geometrisation of place;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis and synthesis: examples of the geometry of triangles;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAxiomatic method and invention: Thābit ibn Qurra;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe idea of an \u003ci\u003eArs Inveniendi\u003c\/i\u003e: al-Sijzī.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding extensive commentary from one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject, this fundamental text is essential reading for historians and mathematicians at the most advanced levels of research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225772151128,"sku":"9780415582193","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415582193.jpg?v=1780981229","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ibn-al-haythams-geometrical-methods-and-the-philosophy-of-mathematics","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}