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This fifth volume of A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics is complemented by four preceding volumes which focused on the main chapters of classical mathematics: infinitesimal geometry, theory of conics and its applications, spherical geometry, mathematical astronomy, etc.

This book includes seven main works of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) and of two of his predecessors, Thābit ibn Qurra and al-Sijzī

• The circle, its transformations and its properties;
• Analysis and synthesis: the founding of analytical art;

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The no longer extant commentary by Alexander of Aphrodisias (approx. 200 AD) on Aristotle's Physics is one of the most important works of antiquity -, as a source text having influenced both the Greek commentators on Aristotle and ‒ through the mediation of Arab scholars - Western medieval philosophy. This volume presents the first edition and study of nearly 700 recently discovered Byzantine scholia, which allow a more exact reconstruction of Alexander's teachings on physics, and at the same time contribute to a better understanding of Aristotelianism and preclassical...

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In der Reihe Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina (CAGB) sollen Kommentare sowie weitere griechische Textquellen zur Aristotelesuberlieferung und -rezeption in der Antike und im byzantinischen Mittelalter bis in die Renaissancezeit editorisch erschlossen werden. Diese Grundlagenarbeit soll vor allem das Studium des Nachwirkens und der Weiterbildung der peripatetischen Philosophie fordern und dabei wesentlich zur aktuellen Forschungsdiskussion um die byzantinische Philosophie beitragen.
Im Programm der neuen Reihe, die sich thematisch und wissenschaftlich an die von...

"Remote Sensing of Urban and Suburban Areas" provides instructors with a text reference that has a logical and easy-to-follow flow of topics around which they can structure the syllabi of their urban remote sensing courses. Topics have been chosen to bridge the gap between remote sensing and urban studies through a better understanding of the science that underlies both fields. In so doing, the book includes 17 chapters written by leading international experts in respected fields to provide a balanced coverage of fundamental issues in both remote sensing and urban studies. Emphasis is...

Einem einzigartigen und schwierigen Problem gewidmet, ist die Abhandlung Uber den Verhaltnisschnitt von Apollonius aus Perge ein bemerkenswert komplexes Beispiel fur die Erforschung der notwendigen Voraussetzungen fur die Existenz einer Losung. Der vorliegende Band bietet die editio princeps des nur arabisch uberlieferten Textes. Erschlossen wird er durch eine franzosische Ubersetzung und einen Kommentar, der die Mechanismen des schwierigen Beweises durch Apollonius aufzeigt und dabei besonders auf deren konzeptionelle Innovationen hinweist.

This is the first comprehensive treatment of the history of the angle from Euclid to classical Arabic mathematics. The volume presents critically edited texts, with translations and commentaries, of Greek and Arabic philosophers and mathematicians including Euclid, Simplicius, al-Nayrīzī, Avicenna, Ibn al-Haytham, al-Tūsī, al-Shīrāzī, and al-Fārisī.