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The Optics Between Theory and Application in Arabic Golden Age

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From its birth in Islamic world at the late of eighth century, and throughout its development, the optics has been the concerned technology. To apply it in the actual field, the specialists have made theoretical work by using mathematical methods. They could realize an important document reference which contains original results. But that was only possible after collection, translation and critical comprehension of a rich heritage that had been produced, mainly, during the Hellenistic period (the third century before B.C.) and has been preserved in its mother language (the Greek). It is necessary to remind these sources and their contents were translated originally from Greek to Arabic sciences.

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Djebbar, A. (2017). The Optics Between Theory and Application in Arabic Golden Age. In: Boukharouba, T., Pluvinage, G., Azouaoui, K. (eds) Applied Mechanics, Behavior of Materials, and Engineering Systems. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41468-3_1

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