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The Arabic Version of Euclid's Optics. Edited and Translated with Historical Introduction and Commentary.
Kheirandish, Elaheh (Harvard University, Usa)
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Paperback. Series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 247 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Like all classical Greek texts on science, Euclid's works on optics initially came to the West mainly through medieval Arabic texts and commentaries. While several Greek versions of the Optika were discovered and translated as early as the sixteenth century, sorting out what may have been Euclid's original has not been easy. This book presents a critical translation of an Arabic texts and of Arabic commentaries on the text, and places the whole in a historical context. The Optics is particularly interesting in that Euclid's text was considerably transformed in the process of translation into Arabic "equivalents"; in addition, several ... Read more
Like all classical Greek texts on science, Euclid's works on optics initially came to the West mainly through medieval Arabic texts and commentaries. While several Greek versions of the Optika were discovered and translated as early as the sixteenth century, sorting out what may have been Euclid's original has not been easy. This book presents a critical translation of an Arabic texts and of Arabic commentaries on the text, and places the whole in a historical context. The Optics is particularly interesting in that Euclid's text was considerably transformed in the process of translation into Arabic "equivalents"; in addition, several ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Series
Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461271505
SKU
V9781461271505
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