The ''Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science'' is a three-volume

encyclopedia An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...

covering the history of Arabic contributions to science,

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

and technology which had a marked influence on the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

in Europe. It is written by internationally recognized experts in the field and edited by

Roshdi Rashed Roshdi Rashed (Arabic: رشدي راشد), born in Cairo in 1936, is a mathematician, philosopher and historian of science, whose work focuses largely on mathematics and physics of the medieval Arab world. His work explores and illuminates the un ...

in collaboration with Régis Morelon.Berggren Volume one covers " Astronomy--Theoretical and applied". Volume two covers "

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

and the

Physical Sciences Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems, in contrast to life science. It in turn has many branches, each referred to as a "physical science", together called the "physical sciences". Definition Phy ...

". Volume three covers "

Technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, scien ...

Alchemy Alchemy (from Arabic: ''al-kīmiyā''; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, ''khumeía'') is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in China, India, the Muslim wo ...

, and the

Life Sciences This list of life sciences comprises the branches of science that involve the scientific study of life – such as microorganisms, plants, and animals including human beings. This science is one of the two major branches of natural science, th ...

Editions

* French edition: " :fr:Histoire des sciences arabes", 3 vol., Le Seuil, Paris, 1997, (). * Arabic edition: "Mawsu‘a Tarikh al-‘ulum al-‘arabiyya", 3 vol., Markaz Dirasat al-Wahda al-‘arabiyya, Beirut, 1997, (, 978-9953-450-73-5).

Contributors

A partial list of contributors include: ;Volume 1 * R. Morelon and George Saliba ( Arabic astronomy) * David A. King (

astronomy in Islamic society Astronomy () is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, nebulae, ...

) * Edward Stewart Kennedy (

mathematical geography Geomatics is defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as the "discipline concerned with the collection, distribution, storage, analysis, processing, presentation of geographic data or geographic information". Under another definition, it ...

) * J. Vernet and J. Samsó (Arabic science in Andalusia) *

H. Grosset-Grange H is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet. H may also refer to: Musical symbols * H number, Harry Halbreich reference mechanism for music by Honegger and Martinů * H, B (musical note) * H, B major People * H. (noble) (died after 12 ...

(

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s) ;Volume 2 * A. S. Saidan (numeration and arithmetic) * Boris A. Rosenfeld and A. P. Yushkevich (geometry) * J.-C. Chabrier and M. Rozhanskaya (music and statics) * M.-Th. Debarnot (trigonometry, algebra) *

(geometrical optics) *

G. Russell G is the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet. G may also refer to: Places * Gabon, international license plate code G * Glasgow, UK postal code G * Eastern Quebec, Canadian postal prefix G * Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australi ...

(physiological optics) ;Volume 3 *

Donald Routledge Hill Donald Routledge Hill (6 August 1922 – 30 May 1994)D. A. King, “In Memoriam: Donald Routledge Hill (1922-1994)”, ''Arabic Sciences and Philosophy,'' Volume 5 / Issue 02 / September 1995, pp 297-302 was a British engineer and historian of sc ...

(engineering) * A. Miquel (geography) *

Toufic Fahd Tawfik ( ar, توفيق), or Tewfik, is an Arabic masculine given name. The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (), which means to agree or to reconcile. Tawfik translates to, "the ability or opportunity to achieve success". A spe ...

(botany and agriculture) *

G. Anawati G is the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet. G may also refer to: Places * Gabon, international license plate code G * Glasgow, UK postal code G * Eastern Quebec, Canadian postal prefix G * Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australi ...

(Arabic alchemy) * E. Savage-Smith (medicine) * F. Micheau (scientific institutions in the medieval Near East) * J. Jolivet (classifications of the sciences) * M. Mahdi (historiography) * B. Goldstein (heritage of Arabic science in Hebrew) * H. Hugonnard-Roche, A. Allard,

D. Lindberg D. or d. may refer to, usually as an abbreviation: * Don (honorific), a form of address in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and their former overseas empires, usually given to nobles or other individuals of high social rank. * Date of death, as an abbrevia ...

R. Halleux R. or r. may refer to: * ''Reign'', the period of time during which an Emperor, king, queen, etc., is ruler. * '' Rex'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning King * ''Regina'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning Queen * or , abbrevia ...

, and D. Jacquart (Western reception of various Arabic sciences)

Notes

References

* J. L. Berggren.
Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed
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Journal of the American Oriental Society The ''Journal of the American Oriental Society'' is a quarterly academic journal published by the American Oriental Society since 1843.Sonja Brentjes Sonja Brentjes (born 1951) is a German historian of science, historian of mathematics, and historian of cartography known for her work on mapmapking and mathematics in medieval Islam. Education and career Brentjes is the daughter of archaeologi ...

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Technology and Culture ''Technology and Culture'' is a quarterly academic journal founded in 1959. It is an official publication of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), whose members routinely refer to it as "T&C." Besides scholarly articles and critical ...

''. Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr., 1999), pp. 399-401. * Charles Burnett.
Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed; Régis Morelon
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The British Journal for the History of Science ''The British Journal for the History of Science'' (a.k.a. ''BJHS'') is an international academic journal published quarterly by Cambridge University Press in association with the British Society for the History of Science. It was founded under ...

''. Vol. 31, No. 1 (Mar., 1998), pp. 72–73.

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