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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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Book of Optics
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen, Alhacen)
On the Causes of Differences in Vision
Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi (Alkindus)
The Rainbow from the Book of Optics
Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)