Sources relating to Arabic-Islamic science
- S.A. Ali, edition of Abu'l-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Baghdad: University of Baghdad, 1979.
pp. 1-21: Title page, introduction by S.A. Ali
pp. 23-53: Abu'l-Wafa', Beginning and Bab 1, 2.
pp. 55-83: Abu'l-Wafa', Bab 3-6.
pp. 85-109: Abu'l-Wafa, Bab 7-8.
pp. 111-132: Abu'l-Wafa, Bab 9.
pp. 133-156: Abu'l-Wafa, Bab 10.
pp. 157-178: Abu'l-Wafa, Bab 11, table of contents (by Dr. Ali), end page.
- E.B. Plooij, Euclid's conception of ratio and his definition of proportional magnitudes
as criticized by Arabian commentators,
Rotterdam: Uitgeverij W.J. van Hengel, 1950. (Dissertation).
Part 1 = front matter + pp. 1 - 35
Part 2 = pp. 36-71 + Dutch "stellingen" (theses).
- Article on the possible
Arabic origin of the term "bachelor".
- Biography and
bibliography of C. Paul Luckey
(1884-1949)
- English part of: Al-Sijzi's Treatise on Geometrical Problem Solving (a fourth/tenth century text on problem solving strategies in geometry). Translated and annotated by Jan P. Hogendijk.
Tehran 1996.
- Al-Biruni, India (Arabic text in pdf)
- Al-Biruni, India (English translation by Sachau, Columbia University)
- Al-Biruni, India (English translation in pdf)
- C. Schoy, pp. 74-91 of
Die Trigonometrischen Lehren des persischen Astronomen ... Al-Biruni
(section on the regular heptagon, including German translation of a text attributed to Archimedes)
- L.Amelie Sédillot, Notice de plusieurs opuscules mathématiques qui comprendent le manuscrit arabe no. 1104, ancien fonds de la Bibliothè du roi,
Notices et Extraits 13, Paris 1838, pp. 126-150 and figures (on texts by al-Sijzi, Ibn al-Haytham, and others)
- Nederlandse vertaling
van de belangrijkste delen van de tekst van Ibn al-Haytham (965- ca. 1041) over de inhoud van de bol.
- Webpage with sources relating to the 15th-century mathematician Jamshid Ghiyath al-Din Kashani (or al-Kashi)
- Webpage with sources relating to an anonymous Persian manuscript on practical geometry.
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