Roshdi Rashed
Roshdi Rashed | |
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| رشدي راشد | |
| Born | 5 April 1936 Cairo, Egypt |
| Awards | Kenneth O. May Prize Sheikh Zayed Book Award |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | mathematics philosophy history of science |
| Institutions | French National Centre for Scientific Research Paris Diderot University Tokyo University Mansoura University |
| Doctoral students | Hélène Bellosta |
| Main interests | medieval Arab science |
| Notable works | Arabic Sciences and Philosophy |
Roshdi Rashed (Arabic: رشدي راشد), born in Cairo in 1936, is a mathematician, philosopher and historian of science, whose work focuses largely on mathematics and physics of the medieval Arab world. His work explores and illuminates the unrecognized Arab scientific tradition, being one of the first historians to study in detail the ancient and medieval texts, their journey through the Eastern schools and courses, their immense contributions to Western science, particularly in regarding the development of algebra and the first formalization of physics.