Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science explained

The Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science is a three-volume encyclopedia covering the history of Arabic contributions to science, mathematics and technology which had a marked influence on the Middle Ages in Europe. It is written by internationally recognized experts in the field and edited by Roshdi Rashed in collaboration with Régis Morelon.^[1]

Volume one covers "Astronomy—Theoretical and applied". Volume two covers "Mathematics and the Physical Sciences". Volume three covers "Technology, Alchemy, and the Life Sciences".

Editions

• French edition: "", 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).^[2]

Contributors

A partial list of contributors include:

Volume 1

• R. Morelon and George Saliba (Arabic astronomy)
• David A. King (astronomy in Islamic society)
• Edward Stewart Kennedy (mathematical geography)
• J. Vernet and J. Samsó (Arabic science in Andalusia)
• H. Grosset-Grange (Arabic nautical sciences)

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)
• Roshdi Rashed (geometrical optics)
• G. Russell (physiological optics)

Volume 3

• Donald Routledge Hill (engineering)
• A. Miquel (geography)
• Toufic Fahd (botany and agriculture)
• G. Anawati (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, R. Halleux, and D. Jacquart (Western reception of various Arabic sciences)

Notes

1. Berggren
2. Web site: Traduction Encyclopédie: Histoire des Sciences Arabes t.1, Société Libanaise Histoire des Sciences, History of Science, تاريخ العلوم العربية, UNIVERSITE LIBANAISE, CNRS-L, Lebanese University, NCSR-L.

References

• J. L. Berggren. "Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed". Journal of the American Oriental Society. Vol. 120, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 2000), pp. 282-283.
• Sonja Brentjes. "Reviewed work(s): Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed". Technology and Culture. 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". The British Journal for the History of Science. Vol. 31, No. 1 (Mar., 1998), pp. 72–73.

External links

• Volume 1
• Volume 2
• Book: Rashed. Roshdi. Morelon. Régis. Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science: Astronomy-Theoretical and applied, v.2 Mathematics and the physical sciences; v.3 Technology, alchemy and life sciences. 1996. Routledge. 9780415020633.