Mathematics and her sisters in Medieval Islam: A selective review of work done from 1985 to 1995

DOI10.1006/HMAT.1997.2173zbMATH Open0891.01017OpenAlexW4210804203MaRDI QIDQ1379996FDOQ1379996

Authors: J. L. Berggren 

Publication date: 27 July 1998

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1997.2173

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zbMATH Keywords

cartographymusicastronomyopticsastrology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30)

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