From Alexandria, through Baghdad: [electronic resource] :: surveys and studies in the Ancient Greek and Medieval Islamic mathematical sciences in honor of J.L. Berggren /: Nathan Sidoli, Glen van Brummelen, editors.

Sidoli, Nathan,; Van Brummelen, Glen,; Berggren, J. L.,

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6

From Alexandria, through Baghdad [electronic resource] : surveys and studies in the Ancient Greek and Medieval Islamic mathematical sciences in honor of J.L. Berggren / Nathan Sidoli, Glen van Brummelen, editors.

Sidoli, Nathan, editor of compilation.; Van Brummelen, Glen, editor of compilation.; Berggren, J. L., honoree. author.

2014

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From Alexandria, through Baghdad [electronic resource] : surveys and studies in the Ancient Greek and Medieval Islamic mathematical sciences in honor of J.L. Berggren / Nathan Sidoli, Glen van Brummelen, editors.

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9783642367366 electronic book
3642367364 electronic book
9783642367359

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6

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Berlin : Springer, 2014.

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1 online resource (xv, 583 pages)

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10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6 doi

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QA21

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510.9

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This book honors the career of historian of mathematics J.L. Berggren, his scholarship, and service to the broader community. The first part, of value to scholars, graduate students, and interested readers, is a survey of scholarship in the mathematical sciences in ancient Greece and medieval Islam. It consists of six articles (three by Berggren himself) covering research from the middle of the 20th century to the present. The remainder of the book contains studies by eminent scholars of the ancient and medieval mathematical sciences. They serve both as examples of the breadth of current approaches and topics, and as tributes to Berggren's interests by his friends and colleagues.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Sidoli, Nathan, editor of compilation.
Van Brummelen, Glen, editor of compilation.
Berggren, J. L., honoree. author.

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