1001 Inventions : the enduring legacy of Muslim civilization
- S. al-Hassani, S. Brentjes
- 21 December 2015
History
Companion to the record-breaking London exhibit, this book is rich with vibrant images and little known facts that highlight revolutionising discoveries made throughout Muslim history that effected…
Two comments on Euclid's Elements? On the relation between the Arabic text attributed to al‐Nayrızı and the Latin text ascribed to Anaritius
- S. Brentjes
- 2001
Philosophy
L'auteur tente de determiner la paternite d'un texte commentant les elements d'Euclide, l'un etant un texte arabe attribue a al-Nayrizi et l'autre un texte latin impute a Anaritius
The relevance of non-primary sources for the recovery of the primary transmission of Euclid's Elements into Arabic
- S. Brentjes
- 1996
Art
Euclid's Elements, Courtly Patronage and Princely Education
- S. Brentjes
- 1 September 2008
Computer Science
Emphasizing the continued importance of court patronage, this paper explores the specifics of spatial and temporal coordinates in the transmission and transformation of Euclid's Elements in Islamic Iran.
The sciences in Islamic societies (750–1800)
- S. Brentjes
- 2013
Art
Introduction The study of the non-religious scholarly disciplines in Islamic societies has mostly focused on elite writings, instruments and, occasionally, images. A vertical historical approach that…
Travellers from Europe in the Ottoman and Safavid Empires, 16th–17th Centuries
- S. Brentjes
- 28 October 2010
History
Contents: Preface Introduction The interests of the Republic of Letters in the Middle East, 1550a "1700 On the relation between the Ottoman empire and the West European Republic of Letters (17tha…
Teaching and Learning the Sciences in Islamicate Societies (800-1700)
- S. Brentjes
- 3 July 2018
Sociology
Sonja Brentjes, 1970’lerde başladığı bilim tarihi çalışmalarını miladi 8001700 tarihleri arasındaki İslâm toplumlarında matematik, haritacılık ve eğitim kurumları alanları odağında sürdürür. Bunun…
The Prison of Categories—‘Decline’ and Its Company
- S. Brentjes
- 2012
History
Historiography of Islamic societies and their secularized successors often suffers under the burden of century-old categories, values, expectations, approaches, and judgments. Categories such as…
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