Roshdi Rashed, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Roshdi Rashed

Egyptian-French mathematician, philosopher and historian of science

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1936

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Profession: professor, mathematician, philosopher, historian of mathematics

Nationality: Egypt, France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Roshdi Rashed (Arabic: ???? ????), 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.