A. I. Sabra
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A. I. Sabra was a prominent historian of Islamic science known for his influential studies on optics and the transmission of Greek scientific thought into the Islamic world.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A. I. Sabra canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historian of Islamic science
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historian of science ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
history
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history of science ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Islamic intellectual history
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history of medieval science ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
reassessment of the role of Islamic science in global scientific history
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understanding of the development of optics in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Egypt ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Egyptians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sabra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic philosophy
NERFINISHED
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history of Islamic science ⓘ history of optics ⓘ history of science ⓘ medieval science ⓘ |
| fullName | Abdelhamid Ibrahim Sabra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
critical edition
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historical essay ⓘ scholarly monograph ⓘ |
| givenName | Abdelhamid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later historians of Islamic science ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research on the transmission of Greek science to the Islamic world
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scholarship on Ibn al-Haytham ⓘ studies on the history of optics ⓘ translations and studies of medieval Arabic scientific texts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
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English ⓘ |
| name | A. I. Sabra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging simplistic models of scientific transmission from Greece to Islam to Europe
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emphasizing the originality of Islamic scientific traditions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Optics of Ibn al-Haytham
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Theories of Light from Descartes to Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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historian ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of the History of Arabic Science at Harvard University ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| studiedTopic |
Arabic translations of Greek scientific texts
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light theory ⓘ optics ⓘ |
| studies |
Greek science in the Islamic world
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Ibn al-Haytham NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Arabic optics ⓘ |
| workInstitution | Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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