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The Arithmetic of al-Uqlidisi. The Story of Hindu-Arabic Arithmetic as Told in Kitab al-Fusul Fi al-Hisab al-Hindi.
A.S. Saidan
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hardcover. Num Pages: 492 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896. Good clean copy with minor age and shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
The purpose of presenting this book to the scholarly world is twofold. In the first place, I wish to provide for the English reader a translation of the earliest extant Arabic work of Hindi arithmetic. It shows this system at its earliest stages and the first steps in its development, a subject not yet well known except for readers of some Arabic publications by the present writer. This book is therefore of particular importance for students of the history of mathematical techniques. The medieval author, AI-UqHdisI, was, it seems, not noticed by bibliographers; neither was his work, which lay hardly ... Read more
The purpose of presenting this book to the scholarly world is twofold. In the first place, I wish to provide for the English reader a translation of the earliest extant Arabic work of Hindi arithmetic. It shows this system at its earliest stages and the first steps in its development, a subject not yet well known except for readers of some Arabic publications by the present writer. This book is therefore of particular importance for students of the history of mathematical techniques. The medieval author, AI-UqHdisI, was, it seems, not noticed by bibliographers; neither was his work, which lay hardly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
D. Reidel Publishing Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
492
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027707529
SKU
KSG0035457
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