Books by Roshdi Rashed

Roshdi Rashed is a leading authority in history and philosophy of science and mathematics. He is Senior Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, and a former Professor at the University of Tokyo. He has published widely in French and Arabic, and his books in English include: The Development of Arabic Mathematics: Between Arithmetic and Algebra (1994), Encyclopaedia of the History of Arabic Science (1996), Omar Khayyam. The Mathematician (2000), and Geometry and Dioptrics in Classical Islam (2005).