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Arabic in the Sciences

Scientific books in Arabic, and what they did to Europe's sciences and universities.

45 cards
al-Jabr wa-l-Muqābala (Algebra) On Indian Reckoning Elements of Astronomy

Why these cards?

A selection, not a full list, of what Europe took from Arabic: books whose translation and influence historians of science document – each card says what the book did once translated.

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Elements of Astronomy
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani (Alfraganus)
The Sabian Tables
Muhammad ibn Jabir al-Battani (Albategnius)
Correction of the Almagest
Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber)
On Astronomy
Nur al-Din al-Bitruji (Alpetragius)
The Toledan Tables
The Toledo astronomers under Sa'id al-Andalusi, with al-Zarqali (Azarquiel) prominent among them
The Final Quest
Ibn al-Shatir
Book of the Fixed Stars
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi)
The Sindhind Zij
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
On Dawn and Twilight
Ibn Mu'adh al-Jayyani