From Alexandria, Through Baghdad Surveys and Studies in the Ancient Greek and Medieval Islamic Mathematical Sciences in Honor of J.L. Berggren /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sidoli, Nathan (Editor), Van Brummelen, Glen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Mathematics, general.

This book honors the career of historian of mathematics J.L. Berggren, his scholarship, and service to the broader community. The first part, of value to scholars, graduate students, and interested readers, is a survey of scholarship in the mathematical sciences in ancient Greece and medieval Islam....