Wilbur R. Knorr on Thābit ibn Qurra: A Case-Study in the Historiography of Premodern Science

By Sonja Brentjes

MPIWG, Berlin

There was a widespread belief among historians of science of my generation that high competence with regard to content and languages alone can guarantee better, more reliable results than can good philology combined with high competence in history…

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