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Inhoudsopgave:

Inhoudsopgave: “…A dream of Aristotle -- The rise of Islam -- Translation -- The lonely alchemist -- The house of wisdom -- Big science -- Numbers -- Algebra -- The philosopher -- The medic -- The physicist -- The prince and the pauper -- Andalusia -- The Marāgha Revolution -- Decline and Renaissance -- Science and Islam today -- Timeline : then Islamic world from antiquity to the beginning of the modern period.…”

Inhoudsopgave: “…The Ancient Heavens : Precursors -- Alexandrian Greece -- India -- Islam -- The West to 1550.…”
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Inhoudsopgave: “…The history of mathematics: alternative perspectives -- Mathematics from bones, strings, and standing stones -- The beginnings of written mathematics: Egypt -- The beginnings of written mathematics: Mesopotamia -- Egyptian and Mespotamian mathematics: an assessment -- Ancient Chinese mathematics -- Special topics in Chinese mathematics -- Ancient Indian mathematics -- Indian mathematics: the classical period and after -- A passage to infinity: the Kerala episode -- Prelude to modern mathematics: the Islamic contribution.…”