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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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al-Jabr wa-l-Muqābala (Algebra)
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
On Indian Reckoning
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Book of Algebra
Abu Kamil Shuja' ibn Aslam
On Measuring Plane and Spherical Figures
The Banu Musa (Muhammad, Ahmad and al-Hasan ibn Musa ibn Shakir)
Euclid's Elements in Arabic
al-Hajjaj ibn Matar and Ishaq ibn Hunayn
From shay to cosa
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi