Omschrijving
This publication of al-Kindī's Optics and Catoptrics provides editio princeps and the first translation of three books including the Rectification of Euclid's Optics hitherto unknown. In this book, the reader will find genuine and new information about Greek and Arabic optics and catoptics.
'This is a very substantial achievement, which deeply enriches our understanding of the islamic contribution to theories of light and vision...'. David C. Lindberg, Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, 1998. '…contains excellent editions…an enormous progress in our knowledge of the subject…' Julio Samsó-Moya, Mathematical Reviews, 2001.
Roshdi Rashed, Doctorat d'État in History and Philosophy of Sciences, is Directeur de Recherche at the C.N.R.S. and Professor at the University of Tokyo.