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From Alexandria, Through Baghdad: Surveys and Studies in the Ancient Greek and Medieval Islamic Mathematical Sciences in Honor of J.L. Berggren

By J. Lennart Berggren (auth.) , Nathan Sidoli , Glen Van Brummelen (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2014
ISBN
9783642367359, 9783642367366
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
577 MB (604733666 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
583\583
Time added
2014-02-12 18:00:00
generalHistory of Mathematical Sciences; Mathematics

Description

This book honors the career of historian of mathematics J.L. Berggren, his scholarship, and service to the broader community. The first part, of value to scholars, graduate students, and interested readers, is a survey of scholarship in the mathematical sciences in ancient Greece and medieval Islam. It consists of six articles (three by Berggren himself) covering research from the middle of the 20th century to the present. The remainder of the book contains studies by eminent scholars of the ancient and medieval mathematical sciences. They serve both as examples of the breadth of current approaches and topics, and as tributes to Berggren's interests by his friends and colleagues.

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