This work that is made up of five volumes is considered a great achievement in discovering Arabic scientific manuscripts. It is a comprehensive well thought out encyclopaedia in the field of “Analytical Mathematics”. Note-worthy in this work is its affirmation of the existence of an originally active and productive Arabic school in the field of analytical and engineering mathematics. The author went to great lengths to find documents on the mathematics of infinitesimal, written in Arabic. He critically verified and explained them. He also documented the historic development of the science in its most advanced stages between the third and fifth centuries A.H. (ninth and eleventh centuries A.D.). He identifies their scholars, especially al-Ḥasan bin al-Haytham, the mathematical scholar who was considered a pioneer in his field. His work influenced those who came after him in the field of optics especially and in physics in general. The study is characterised by an objective analysis, mathematical derivations and a good and logical reading of the sources.
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