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Our Publications’ databank / collection

‘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

By Various Contributors, Edited by Roshdi Rashed
1996-2006
Arabic
Edited text
1
9781788146838
Large book
Hardback
5
4838
12.835 kg
Roshdi Rashed (Editor)
Various Contributors (Other)

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.