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‘Our Publications’ collection is a bibliographic database of the Foundation's own publications. These works are the outcome of prominent research projects and events carried out by the three centres of the Foundation, i.e. the ‘Manuscripts Centre’, the ‘Mawsoa Centre’ and the ‘Maqasid Centre’.

This collection was added to the ‘Al-Furqan Digital Library’ to enrich the user research experience. The collection is continuously updated, and currently contains over 200 works in over 400 volumes. These cover both introductory and advanced topics discussed and presented by distinguished scholars in the field of Islamic written heritage.

It also includes many popular and heavily cited publications, as well as award winning works, such as the critical edition of al-Isfizāri’s book which deals with the field of mechanics, known as “the sciences of weights and mechanical devices” (‘Ilmay al-Athqāl wal-Ḥiyal). Other popular items include works by the late famous scholar Annemarie Schimmel, such as The Secrets of Creative Love (1998) and Islam and the Wonders of Creation(2003); and many other highly demanded references, including the unique Encyclopaedia of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Madīnah Al-Munawwarah.

Les mathématiques infinitésimales du IXe au XIe siècle: Ibn Al-Haytham (vol.II)

By Various Contributors, Edited by Roshdi Rashed
1993
Arabic
Edited text
1
9781873992074*
1873992076
Large book
Hardback
2 / 5
595
1.662 kg
(Other)
*Original ISBN - 2877231194 - 9068315633 - previously printed in the book is not valid. Please refer to the new ISBN.

This volume is undoubtedly the most important work in Islamic mathematics, written in European languages, following the pioneering studies of Heinrich Suter and E. Wiedemann. The author provides us with a valuable contribution to what he calls “infinitesimal mathematics”, namely the mathematical measurements of surfaces and curved solids, by presenting the field of Islamic mathematical analysis as a continuous tradition rather than an isolated product of individual thinkers.