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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29847104 Title: Optics, astronomy, and logic : studies in Arabic science and philosophy Author: A I Sabra Publisher: Aldershot, Hants ; Brookfield, Vt. : Variorum, ©1994. ISBN/ISSN: 0860784355 9780860784357 OCLC:29847104

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Optics, astronomy, and logic : studies in Arabic science and philosophy

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Optics, astronomy, and logic : studies in Arabic science and philosophy

Author:	A I Sabra
Publisher:	Aldershot, Hants ; Brookfield, Vt. : Variorum, ©1994.
Series:	Collected studies, CS444.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Subjects	Science -- Arab countries -- History. Optics -- Arab countries -- History. Astronomy, Arab -- History. View all subjects
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Sabra, A. I. Optics, astronomy, and logic. Aldershot, Hants ; Brookfield, Vt. : Variorum, c1994 (OCoLC)609226369 Online version: Sabra, A. I. Optics, astronomy, and logic. Aldershot, Hants ; Brookfield, Vt. : Variorum, c1994 (OCoLC)621451545
Named Person:	Alhazen
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	A I Sabra Find more information about:
ISBN:	0860784355 9780860784357
OCLC Number:	29847104
Notes:	Includes index.
Description:	1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	I. The appropriation and subsequent naturalization of Greek science in medieval Islam: A preliminary statement -- II. Ibn al-Haytham -- III. Explanation of optical reflection and refraction: Ibn al-Haytham, Descartes, Newton -- IV. Ibn al-Haytham's criticisms of Ptolemy's Optics -- V. The authorship of the Liber de crepusculis: an eleventh-century work on atmospheric refraction -- VI. The astronomical origin of Ibn al-Haytham's concept of experiment -- VII. The physical and the mathematical in Ibn al-Haytham's theory of light and vision -- VIII. Ibn al-Haytham's Lemmas for solving 'Alhazen's problem' -- IX. Psychology versus mathematics: Ptolemy and Alhazen on the moon illusion -- X. Sensation and inference in Alhazen's theory of visual perception -- XI. Form in Ibn al-Haytham's theory of vision -- XII. Thabit ibn Qurra on Euclid's parallels postulate -- XIII. Simplicius's proof of Euclid's parallels postulate.
Series Title:	Collected studies, CS444.
Responsibility:	A.I. Sabra.

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