The Enterprise of Science in Islam pdf

CONTRIBUTORSJ.LennartBerggren isprofessorofmathematicsatSimonFraserUniversity.His research interests center on the history ofthe mathematical sciences inancient Greece and medieval Islam, in particular geometry and geometricalmethods in geography and astronomy. He is translating and annotating theextantworksofAb أ¼Sahlal-K أ¼hi,andhasauthoredorco-authoredanumberof articles and books, including Episodes in the Mathematics of MedievalIslam(1986), Euclid’s “Phaenomena ” (withR. homas,1996),and Ptolemy ‘sGeography: An Annotated Translation ofthe Theoretical Chapters(with A.Jones,2000).CharlesBurnett isprofessorofthehistoryofIslamicinfluencesinEuropeattheWarburgInstitute,UniversityofLondon.Hehaswrittenextensivelyonthetranslation ofscientific andphilosophical texts fromArabic into Latin in theMiddleAges. isrecentworksinclude ThelntroductionofArabicLearningintoEngland (1997), Scientific WeatherForecastingintheMiddleAges:TheWritingsofal-Kind i(withGerritBos,2000),and Abأ¼Ma CsharonHistoricalAstrology: TheBookofReligionsandDynasties(OntheGreatConjunctions)2volumes(withK.Yamamoto,2000).AhmedDjebbar isProfessorofHistoryofMathematicsatLilleUniversity.HismainresearchinterestsareinthehistoryofArabicmathematicsinNorthAfricaandMuslimSpain. ehasbeensecretarytotheInternationalCommissionfortheHistoryofMathematicsinAfricasince 1986. Recentpublicationsinclude Unehistoiredelasciencearabe (2001)and Lavieetl ‘أ¦uvred’lbnal-Bannأ¤:unessaibiobibliographique (2001).Yvonne Dold-Samplonius is an associate member of the Institute for Scientific Computing of the University of Heidelberg, where she directed thevideo”Qubbaforal-Kash i, “showingal-Kash i’ sgeometricalconstructionsfordeterminingthevolumesofdomesandarches. ithherteamsheisnowwork-ing on a three-year Muqarnas (stalactite vaults) project. With internationalcooperationtheywanttodevelopacomputermethodtocreatevirtualmuqarnasbasedonoldplans,suchastheTopkap1ScrollinIstanbul.