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Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam, J. L. Berggren [PDF]
Jeffrey A. Oaks
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Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa edited by Victor Katz
: The Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa brings together a selection of mathematical writings in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic from medieval Europe and North Africa (the Maghreb).
Anuj Misra
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Early medieval bishops were undoubtedly powerful men, inserted in networks of power. Because of the characteristics of medieval sources, it’s difficult to reconstruct these links tied by bishops.
Laurent Jégou, Stéphane Lamassé
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Abu Reyhan Biruni (973-1048 CE): The Pioneer in Clarifying the Role of Pharmacy in Medical Practice
Abu Reyhan Biruni (973-1048 CE) was a Persian polymath in medieval era. He had more than 100 books and treatises on different subjects like astronomy, culture, history, mathematics and pharmacy.
Mahya Roohnavaz +3 more
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The Relation of Quantitative and Mathematical Methods in Science and Late Medieval Christian Theology [PDF]
One of the most important features of modern science is its quantitative and mathematical method. It is commonly held that this method was developed along with modern science, during the 16th century, but a close historical investigation would suggest ...
Javad Gholipoor, Yousef Daneshvar Nilu
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The approach of coloniality to analyse the impact of political-cultural power structures on mathematics teaching is currently being discussed in mathematics education, especially in Latin America.
Gert Schubring
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Diagrammatic Reasoning and Modelling in the Imagination: The Secret Weapons of the Scientific Revolution [PDF]
Just before the Scientific Revolution, there was a "Mathematical Revolution", heavily based on geometrical and machine diagrams. The "faculty of imagination" (now called scientific visualization) was developed to allow 3D understanding of planetary ...
Franklin, James
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Starting from the late medieval period of Indian history, Islamicate and Sanskrit astral sciences exchanged ideas in complex discourses shaped by the power struggles of language, culture, and identity.
Anuj Misra
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Anatomy of a Dispute:Leonardo, Pacioli, and Scientific Entertainment in Renaissance Milan. [PDF]
none1noHistorians have recently paid increasing attention to the role of the disputation in Italian universities and humanist circles. By contrast, the role of disputations as forms of entertainment at fifteenth-century Italian courts has been somewhat ...
Azzolini, Monica
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Similibus simile cognoscitur. O pensamento analógico medieval
Although insufficiently considered by historiography, the analogical thought was the prevalent intellectual instrument in all sociocultural categories in medieval Europe. It was decisive for many forms of relation between the human ones and of those with
Hilário Franco Júnior
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