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Oeuvres philosophiques et scientifiques d'al-Kindī, Volume 1 Optique et la Catoptrique
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This volume deals with the history of optics in the IXth century as well as the transmission of Greek optics in Arabic. It contains the editio princeps and a French translation of the first books written in Arabic on optics and catoptrics, namely, the book On Rays and Rectification of Euclid's Optics, and other treatises written by philosopher and scientist AbÅ« IshÄq al-KindÄ«. It also contains a new edition and French translation of Liber de causis diversitatum aspectus of al-KindÄ«.
Roshdi Rashed, Doctorat d'Ãtat in History and Philosophy of Sciences, is Directeur de Recherche at the C.N.R.S. and Professor at the University of Tokyo.
'This is a very substantial achievement, which deeply enriches our understanding of the islamic contribution to theories of light and vision...'.
David C. Lindberg, Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, 1998.
'â¦contains excellent editionsâ¦an enormous progress in our knowledge of the subjectâ¦'
Julio Samsó-Moya, Mathematical Reviews, 2001.
David C. Lindberg, Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, 1998.
'â¦contains excellent editionsâ¦an enormous progress in our knowledge of the subjectâ¦'
Julio Samsó-Moya, Mathematical Reviews, 2001.
All those interested in the history of Arabic sciences and philosophy, the Greek legacy in Arabic and the Arabic legacy in Latin, the history of optics and catoptrics in the medieval period.