Al Khwarizmi - The Beginnings of Algebra

Informationen zum Autor Roshdi Rashed is a leading authority in history and philosophy of science and mathematics. He is Senior Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, and a former Professor at the University of Tokyo. He has published widely in French and Arabic. Roshdi Rashed is a leading authority in history and philosophy of science and mathematics. He is Senior Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, and a former Professor at the University of Tokyo. He has published widely in French and Arabic. Klappentext The first critical edition of Al-Khwarizmi's Algebra. Zusammenfassung Al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician! astronomer and geographer. He worked most of his life as a scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad during the first half of the 9th century and is considered by many to be the father of algebra. This book deals with algebraic theory! and focuses on the calculation of inheritances and legacies.

Product details

• Authors: Roshdi Rashed, Rashed Roshdi
• Assisted by: Roshdi Rashed (Editor)
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2009
• EAN: 9780863564307
• ISBN: 978-0-86356-430-7
• No. of pages: 340
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Arithmetic, algebra