Book reviews by Jan P. Hogendijk

Book reviews in Dutch (recensies in het Nederlands)

Book reviews in English (in alphabetical order).

• S. A. al-`Ali. ed., Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Ma yahtaju ilayhi al-sani` min `ilm al-handasa. (Arabic) [Knowledge of geometry necessary for the craftsman], Baghdad 1979, in Mathematical Reviews MR0917722 (88i:01015).
• Rüdiger Arnzen, Abu'l-Abbas al-Nayrizis exzerpte aus (Ps.-?)Simplicius' Kommentar zu den Definitionen, Postulaten und Axiomen in Euclid's Elementa I, Kön-Essen, 2002, in Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften 14 (2001), 321-322.
• J.L. Berggren, Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam, New York: Springer, 1986, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 109 (1989), 697-698. https://doi.org/10.2307/604119, available online on JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/604119
• Arianna Borelli, Aspects of the Astrolabe: Architectonica Ratio in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Europe. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2008, Sudhoffs Archiv 57, in Isis 100, no. 4 (2009), pp. 900-901.https://doi.org/10.1086/652050 available online on JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/652050
• M.S. Bulatov, Geometricheskaya garmonizatsiya v arkhitekture Srednei Azii (IX-XV vv) . (Russian) [Geometric harmonization in Central Asian architecture in the 9th-15th centuries] Second edition. Moscow: Nauka, 1988, in Mathematical Reviews MR0964905 (90c:01009).
• H.L.L. Busard, M. Folkerts. Robert of Chester's(?) redaction of Euclid's Elements, the so-called Adelard-II Version. Basel etc. 1992, in: Centaurus 36 (1993), 86-88. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1993.tb00712.x
• S. Cuomo, Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000, in Mnemosyne, A Journal of Classical Studies 54 (2001), 233-235, available online on JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/4433205
• Ali A. Al-Daffa and John J. Stroyls, Studies in the Exact Sciences in Medieval Islam, in: British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 37 (1986), 516-520, available online on JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/687378
• Marie-Thérèse Debarnot, ed. and tr. Al-Biruni, Kitab maqalid `ilm al-haya. La trigonométrie sphérique chez les Arabes de l'Est à la fin du Xe siècle, Damascus: Institut Français de Damas, 1985, in Mathematical Reviews MR0917723 (88i:01016).
• Alireza Djafari Naini, Geschichte der Zahlentheorie im Orient im Mittelalter und zu Beginn der Neuzeit unter besonderer Berücksichtigung persischer Mathematiker, Braunschweig: Klose, 1982, in Historia Mathematica 12 (1985), 295=296, available online https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(85)90033-3 (Elsevier Open Archive), also Mathematical Reviews MR0809784 (86m:01014).
• B. Elsner. "Apollonius Saxonicus": Die Restitution eines verlorenen Werkes des Apollonius von Perga durch Joachim Jungius, Woldeck Weland and Johannes Müller. Göttingen 1988. In: Isis 83 (1992), 665-666, available online on JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/234296
• Menso Folkerts, Die älteste lateinische Schrift über das indische Rechnen nach al-Hwarizmi, München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1997, in: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften 13 (2000), 376-378.
• Menso Folkerts, Essays on Early Medieval Mathematics: the Latin tradition, Aldershot, Variorum Collected Studies Series 751, 2003, Suhayl 4 (2004), 422-424, download the whole review section.
• H. Gericke, Mathematik in Antike und Orient, Berlin: Springer, 1984, in Centaurus 28 (1985), 331-2.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1985.tb00751.x
• Kh. Jaouiche, La théorie des parallèles en pays d'Islam. Contribution à la préhistorie des géométries non-Euclidiennes. In: Centaurus 30 (1987), 293-294, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1988.tb00742.x   also in Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 6 (1990), 273-275, and in Mathematical Reviews MR1103116 (93d:01010a).
• Khalil Jaouiche, Nazariyyah al-mutawaziyat fi-al-handasah al-Islamiyyah. (Arabic) [The theory of parallels in Islamic geometry] Tunis: Bayt al-Hikmah, 1988, in Mathematical Reviews MR1103116 (93d:01010b).
• David A. King. A survey of the scientific manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1986, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 109 (1989), 698-699. https://doi.org/10.2307/604120, available online on JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/604120
• David A. King, World-Maps for Finding the Directon and Distance to Mecca, Leiden: Brill, 1999, in Historia Mathematica 30 (2003), 85-87, available online https://doi.org/10.1016/S0315-0860(02)00015-0 (Elsevier Open Archive)
• Wilbur R. Knorr, Textual Studies in Ancient and Medieval Geometry, Boston: Birkhäuser, 1989, in: Mathematical Reviews MR1029522 (91c:01008).
• Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch, Theodosius' Sphaerica: Arabic and medieval Latin translations, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010 (Boethius Band 62), in Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften 19 (2010-2011), 397-399.  
• Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch, Theodosius, De Habitationibus: Arabic and medieval Latin translations, München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte, Jahrgang 2011, Heft 1, in Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften 19 (2010-2011), 399-400.  
• J. Mansveld, Pappus, mathematicus en een beetje filosoof [Dutch]. Mededelingen van de Afdeling Letterkunde. Nieuwe Reeks, 61. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam, 1998, in Mathematical Reviews MR1774672 (2001d:01003).
• Regis Morélon, Thabit ibn Qurra. Oeuvres d'astronomie. Paris 1987. In: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 5 (1989) 274-279.
• F. Jamil Ragep, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi`s Memoir on astronomy (al-Tadhkira fi `ilm al-hay'a). New York: Springer, 1993, in: Annals of Science 53 (1996), 99-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/00033799600200141
• Roshdi Rashed, Ahmed Djebbar, L'Oeuvre Algébrique d'al-Khayyam, Aleppo: Institute for the History of Arabic Science 1981, in Zentralblatt der Mathematik 508 (1983) 01005, open source, available online https://zbmath.org/0508.01005 (click on Show scanned page)
• Roshdi Rashed, Entre arithmétique et algèbre. Recherches sur l'histoire des mathématiques arabes. Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1984, in: Mathematical Reviews MR0791215 (88f:01060).
• Roshdi Rashed, ed. and tr., Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi, Oeuvres mathématiques, Algèbre et géométrie au XIIe siècle, Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1986, 2 vols, in Centaurus 31 (1988), 315-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1988.tb00742.x Another (more philological) review in Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften 5 (1989), 279-282. Also Mathematical Reviews MR1766650-1766651 (2001a:0101a-b).
• Roshdi Rashed, Optique et Mathématiques. Recherches sur l'histoire de la pensée scientifique en arabe. Aldershot: Variorum Reprints, 1992, in: Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences 45 (1995), 351-353.
• Roshdi Rashed, Géométrie et dioptrique au Xe siècle: Ibn Sahl, al-Quhi et Ibn al-Haytham, Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1993, in Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften 14 (2001), 265-270.
• Roshdi Rashed and B. Vahabzadeh, Al-Khayyam mathématicien. Paris: Blanchard, Paris, 1999, in Mathematical Reviews MR1727502 (2000i:01013).
• Roshdi Rashed and H. Bellosta, Ibrahim ibn Sinan: Logique et Géométrie au Xe siècle, Leiden: Brill, 2000, in Historia Mathematica 28 (2001), 136-139, available online (Elsevier Open Archive)
• Roshdi Rashed, Les catoptriciens grecs. I. Les miroirs ardents. Collection des Universités de France, Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2000, in Mathematical Reviews MR1789376 (2001m:01009).
• Roshdi Rashed and Chr. Houzel, Recherche et enseignement des mathématiques au IXe siècle: Le recueil de propositions géométriques de Nam ibn Musa. Louvain 2004, in Mathematical Reviews MR2126829 (2005m:01012)
• Roshdi Rashed, Les mathématiques infinitésimales du IXe au XIe siècle. Vol. I. Fondateurs et commentateurs: Banu Musa, Ibn Qurra, Ibn Sinan, al-Khazin, al-Quhi, Ibn al-Samh, Ibn Hud. London: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 1996, in Mathematical Reviews MR1732837 (2000i:01012).
• Roshdi Rashed, Les mathématiques infinitésimales du IXe au XIe siècle. Vol. II. Ibn al-Haytham. London: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation 1993, in Mathematical Reviews MR1732835 (2000k:01010).
• Roshdi Rashed, Les mathématiques infinitésimales du IXe au XIe siècle. Vol. III. Ibn al-Haytham: Théorie des coniques, constructions géométriques et géométrie pratique, London: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation 2000, in Mathematical Reviews MR1840815 (2003c:01011)
• Roshdi Rashed, Les mathématiques infinitésimales du IXe au XIe siècle. Vol. IV. Ibn al-Haytham: éthodes géométriques, transformations ponctuelles et philosophie des mathématiques. London: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation 2002) Mathematical Reviews MR1906823 (2003e:01008).
• Roshdi Rashed, Les mathématiques infinitésimales du IXe au XIe siècle. Vol. V. Ibn al-Haytham: Astronomie, géométrie sphérique et trigonométrie. London: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation 2006,Mathematical Reviews MR2367989 (2008m:01005).
• Essay review: Ideals and Realities in Ibn al-Haytham's Mathematical Oeuvre (on Roshdi Rashed, Les mathématiques infinitésimales du IXe au XIe siècle. Vol. IV in Early Science and Medicine 9 (2004), pp. 37-43, available online on JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/4130097
• Three works: Rashed R. and Chr. Houzel, Recherches et enseignement des mathématiques au IXe siècle: Le receuil de propositions géométriques de Na'im ibn Musa (Les Cahiers du MIDEO 2), Leuven: Editions Peeters, 2004; R. Rashed, H. Bellosta, Ibrahim ibn Sinan: Logique et Géométrie au Xe siècle, Leiden: Brill, 2000; and Morelon R., et A. Hasnawi (Eds.) De Zénon d' Elée à Poincaré. Recueil d'études en hommage à Roshdi Rashed (Les Cahiers du MIDEO 1), Leuven: Editions Peeters, 2004, in Bibliotheca Orientalis 62, no. 5-6, september-december 2005, DOI: 10.2143/BIOR.62.5.2011745, open access, to download the review session of the issue go to this page
• Roshdi Rashed and A. Papadopoulos, Menelaus' Spherics: Early translation and al-Mahani/al-Harawi's version. Berlin 2017, in Mathematical Reviews MR3822368.
• Roshdi Rashed, Pascal Crozet, ed. and tr. Oeuvre mathématique d'al-Sijzi. Volume 1: Géométrie des coniques et théorie des nombres au Xe siècle, Louvain-Paris, 2004, Les Cahiers du MIDEO, Ancient and classical sciences and philosophy vol. 3., and Volume II: Géométrie et Philosophie des Mathématiques au Xe siècle, Berlin-Boston, De Gruyter, 2023, Scientia Graeco-Arabica Band 35, 895 p., in Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques (online journal), 39 (2025), pp. 53-56, see http://journals.openedition.org/bcai/8586. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/13v3v
• M. Rozhanskaya, G.P. Matvievskaya, I.O. Lyuter, Nasir ad-Din at-Tusi i ego trudy po matematike i astronomii v bibliotekakh Sankt-Peterburga, Kazani, Tashkenta i Dushanbe [Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and his work in mathematics and astronomy in the libraries of St. Petersburg, Kazan, Tashkent and Dushanbe], Moscow: RAN, 1999, in Mathematical Reviews MR1793391 (2001i:01013).
• A.S. Saidan, The works of Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Kuwayt 1983, in Mathematical Reviews MR0776971 (86i:01008).
• Julio Samsó, On both sides of the strait of Gibraltar: Studies in the history of medieval astronomy in the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghrib. Leiden: Brill, 2020. XXI+1005 pp, ISBN 978-90-04-43656-5, in Historia Mathematica 67 (2024) p. 15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2024.04.001
• J. Sesiano, Book IV to VII of Diophantus' Arithmetica in the Arabic translation attributed to Qusta ibn Luqa. New York etc. (Springer) 1982, in: Historia Mathematica 12 (1985), 82-85. Download: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(85)90077-1 (Elsevier Open Archive) or download here.
• Fuat Sezgin, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums. Band V: Mathematik bis ca. 430 H. Band VI. Astronomie bis ca. 430 H. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1974-8, in Mathematical Reviews MR0844062 (87j:01008), R0844063 (87j:01009).
• F. Sezgin, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums Band X-XII: Mathematische Geographie und Kartographie im Islam und ihr Fortleben im Abendland. Frankfurt: Institut für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, 2000, in Mathematical Reviews MR1776531, 1776532, 1773742 (2001i:01014,1015,1016).
• F. Sezgin, Ed., series Islamic Mathematics and Astronomy, 101 volumes, Frankfurt: Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science, 1997-2000, in Historia Mathematica 28 (2001), 135-136, available online (Elsevier Open Archive)
• G. Shawki and `A. A. al-Daffa`, Al-`ulum al-riyadiyah fi al-hidrah al-Islamiyah 2 vols. (Arabic) [Mathematical sciences in Islamic civilization]. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1985, in Mathematical Reviews MR1010892 (90g:01007a-01007b).
• Gotthard Strohmaier, Al-Biruni, In der Gärten der Wissenschaft, Ausgewählte Texte aus den Werken des muslimischen Universalgelehrten übersetzt und erlätert, Leipzig: Philip Reclamm, 1988, in Centaurus 33 (1990), 95-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1990.tb00722.x
• G. J. Toomer. Apollonius. Conics. Books V to VII. The Arabic translation of the lost Greek original in the Version of the Banu Musa. Edited, with translation and commentary. New York etc. 1990. In: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften 7 (1992), 285-287.

Recensies in het Nederlands

• Ivo Schneider, Archimedes, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1979, in Euclides 59 (1983-4), 190.
• B. B. Hughes, Robert of Chester's Latin translation of Al-Khwarizmi's al-Jabr. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1989. in: Mededelingen van het Wiskundig Genootschap 33 (1990), 163.
• G. J. Toomer. Apollonius. Conics. Books V to VII. The Arabic translation of the lost Greek original in the Version of the Banu Musa. Edited, with translation and commentary. New York etc. 1990. In: mededelingen van het Wiskundig Genootschap 33 (1990), 289-290.
• Marjolein Kool, Die conste vanden getale: een studie over Nederlandstalige rekenboeken uit de vijftiende en zestiende eeuw, Hilversum: Verloren, 1999, in Nieuwe Wiskrant, 18 (4), juni 1999, 10-12.
• E. Kheirandish, The Arabic Version of Euclid's Optics, New York: Springer, 1998, 2 vols, in: Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde IV, 17 (1999), 285-6.
• Denis Guedj, De Stelling van de Papegaai: Roman over de geschiedenis van de wiskunde, Amsterdam 1998 (vertaald uit het Frans, Le théorème du perroquet) in Nieuwe Wiskrant 19 (4), juni 2000, 27-28.
• Apostolos Doxiadis, Oom Petros en het vermoeden van Goldbach, Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2000 (vertaald uit het Engels, oorspronkelijk in het Nieuw-Grieks, O Theios Petros kai i Eikasia tou Goldbach, Athene 1992), in Nieuwe Wiskrant 20 (2), dec 2000, 43.
• C.J. Scriba, P. Schreiber, 5000 jahre Geometrie: Geschichte, Kulturen, Menschen. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2001, in Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde 5/2 nr. 4 (dec. 2001), 363-4.
• R. Netz, W. Noel, De Archimedes Codex: De geheimen van een opzienbarende palimpsest ontsluierd, Nieuwe wiskrant 27-3 (maart 2008), 20-21.

Back to publications page