The Arabic Version of Euclid's Optics : Edited and Translated with Historical Introduction and Commentary Volume I /

Like all classical Greek texts on science, Euclid's works on optics initially came to the West mainly through medieval Arabic texts and commentaries. While several Greek versions of the Optika were discovered and translated as early as the sixteenth century, sorting out what may have been Eucli...

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Main Author: Kheirandish, Elaheh
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint : Springer, 1999.
Series:Sources in the history of mathematics and physical sciences ; 16.
Sources in the history of mathematics and physical sciences. 16.
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