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Eighth to the Sixteenth Century - Rashid Islamic Center

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Annotated Bibliography • 279Rashed, Roshdi. 1994. The Development of Arabic Ma<strong>the</strong>matics: BetweenArithmetic and Algebra. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Thisis <strong>the</strong> English translation by A. F. W. Armstrong of Rashed’s 1984work on ma<strong>the</strong>matical sciences in Islam, Entre Arithmétique et Algèbre.Recherches sur l’His<strong>to</strong>ire des Mathèmatiques Arabes. Paris: Sociétéd’Eition Les Belles Lettres.Ratzsch, Del. 2000. Science & Its Limits. Downers Grove: InterVarsityPress. A book written from a Christian perspective that aspires <strong>to</strong>define science and its limits: what it can and cannot tell us.Roberts, Vic<strong>to</strong>r. 1966. “The Planetary Theory of Ibn al-Shatir.” Isis, 57:210.Sabra, A. and Shehaby, N. 1971. Ibn al-Haytham al-Shukuk Ala Batlamyus(Dubitationes in P<strong>to</strong>lemaeum). Cairo: National Library Press.Sabra, A. I. 1987. “The Appropriation and Subsequent Naturalization ofGreek Science in Medieval Islam: A Preliminary Statement.” His<strong>to</strong>ry ofScience, 25: 223–243; reprinted with o<strong>the</strong>r papers in a collection, Optics,Astronomy and Logic: Studies in Arabic Science and Philosophy. 1994.—. 1994. Optics, Astronomy and Logic: Studies in Arabic Science andPhilosophy. Aldershot: Variorum.Sabzavari, Haji Mulla Hadi. Tr. 1977. The Metaphysics of Sabzavari.Translated by Mehdi Mohaghegh and Izutsu Toshihiko. New York:Caravan Books. This work is a complete translation of <strong>the</strong> Metaphysicsof Sabzavari’s Ghurar al-farâ‘d, a systematic exposition of traditional<strong>Islamic</strong> philosophy comprising logic, physics, <strong>the</strong>ology, andmetaphysics, commonly known as Sharh-I manzumah (Commentary ona Philosophical Poem). This is <strong>the</strong> most popular textbook that has beenused in Iran, and that is still in current use, <strong>to</strong> teach philosophy inalmost all religious schools.Saliba, George. 1994. A His<strong>to</strong>ry of Arabic Astronomy. New York: New YorkUniversity Press. A collection of articles, written over a period of twodecades, devoted <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> study of <strong>the</strong> various aspects of non-P<strong>to</strong>lemaicastronomy in medieval Islam. Based on primary sources, <strong>the</strong>searticles provide insights in<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> making of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Islamic</strong> astronomicaltradition between <strong>the</strong> eleventh and <strong>the</strong> fifteenth centuries. Amongo<strong>the</strong>r things, <strong>the</strong> book provides substantial evidence against <strong>the</strong>

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