The Optics of Ibn al-Haytham Books IVV

Sabra, Abdelhamid I.

ISBN 10: 1908590580 / ISBN 13: 9781908590589

Edité par University of London Press, 2023

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Synopsis :

The Optics by Ibn al-Haytham, perhaps the greatest mathematician and physicist of the medieval Arabic/Islamic world, set the scene for the entire development of the science of optics both within the Islamicate realm and subsequently in the Western world. This new English translation of Books IV-V, which is a study of reflection and refraction of light and of vision produced by reflected and refracted rays, is presented with an introduction and critical analysis.

À propos de l'auteur: Ibn al-Haytham (c.965-c.1040) was a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who lived in what is now Iraq. Abdelhamid I. Sabra (1924Jan Hogendijk is a mathematician and historian of science. He was professor of the history of mathematics at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Optics of Ibn al-Haytham Books IVV
Éditeur : University of London Press
Date d'édition : 2023
Reliure : HRD
Etat : New