The Formation of "Islamic Mathematics": Sources and Conditions. [From: Filosofi og Videnskabsteori på Roskilde Universitetscenter, 3. Række: Prepints og reprints, Preprint, Maj 1987, Nr. 1].

Hoeyrup (Høyrup, Hoyrup), Jens:

Verlag: Roskilde University Centre, 1987

81 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - A perfect copy. - Contents: Acknowledgements -- Biographical Cues -- I. Introducing the Problem -- II. Scientific Source Traditions: The Greeks -- III. Scientific Source Traditions: India -- IV. Sub-Scientific Source Traditions: Commercial Calculation -- V. Sub-Scientific Source Traditions: Practical Geometry -- VI. Algebra and its Alternative -- VII. Reception and Synthesis -- VIII. "Melting Pot" and Tolerance -- IX. Competition? -- X. Institutions or Sociocultural Conditions? -- XI. Practical Fundamentalism -- XII. Variations of the Islamic Pattern -- XIII. The Importance Of General Attitudes: The Mutual Relevance of Theory and Practice -- XIV. The Institutionalized Cases (I): Madrasah and Arithmetical Textbook -- XV. The Institutionalized Cases (II): Astronomy and Pure Geometry -- XVI. A Warning -- XVII. The Moral of the Story -- Bibliography and Abbreviations -- Index of Names and Subjects. - Wikipedia: Jens Egede Høyrup (Hoyrup), born 1943 in Copenhagen, is a Danish historian of mathematics, specializing in pre-modern and early modern mathematics, ancient Mesopotamian mathematics in particular. He is especially known for his interpretation of what has often been referred to as Old Babylonian "algebra" as consisting of concrete, geometric manipulations. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1189598

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Titel: The Formation of "Islamic Mathematics": ...
Verlag: Roskilde University Centre
Erscheinungsdatum: 1987
Einband: Preprint, stapled.
Zustand: Gut