A01=A.I. Sabra
Alhazen's theory
atmospheric refraction studies
Author_A.I. Sabra
Avicenna logic analysis
Category=PDX
Category=QDHC
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_science
Greek Science
Greek science in Islamic civilisation
history of science
Ibn al-Haytham's Theory
Islamic natural philosophy
medieval scientific methodology
Moon Illusion
Optical Reflection
Optical Refraction
Ptolemy's Planetary Theory
visual perception theory
Product details
- ISBN 9780860784357
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 14 Apr 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Running through the articles in this volume is the theme of the appropriation and subsequent naturalization of Greek science by scholars in the world of medieval Islam. The opening paper presents the historiography of this process, and the focus is then placed on Ibn al-Haytham, one of the most original and influential figures of the 11th century, and in particular in his contribution to the science of optics, both mathematical and experimental, and the psychology of vision. Professor Sabra then continues the analysis of how Greek thought was developed in the Islamic world with two studies of work based on Euclid’s geometry and two on critiques of Ptolemaic astronomy. The final articles turn specifically to questions in the history of logic - Aristotelian syllogism, and Avicenna’s views on the subject - matter of logic.
A.I. Sabra, Harvard University, USA
