الرياضيات في عيون إسلامية  Mathematics In Islamic Eyes

أكاديمية القاسمي

Al-Qasemi College 

Educational initiative Of Al-Qasemi College

Dr. Wajeeh Daher, Dr. Nimer Baya'a, Mr. Othman Jaber

 

In participation with third year preservice teacher majoring in mathematics and computer science in their practical training and mathematics seminar for mathematics students.

Starting in the academic year 2008-2009

 

With the expansion of the Islamic Empire, the Muslims had to move around all over the world and they faced a serious problem when they had to set the direction of Mecca at the time of their prayer. This problem came up again, combined with the complications of special architecture and decoration (tiling and calligraphy, but no drawings of human figures, which are forbidden in Islam), when they built mosques. Consequently, the Muslims had to solve astronomical, architectural and mathematical problems that they were not used to. Therefore, they began translating most of what had been developed in these fields by previous cultures (India, China, Mesopotamia, Greece, ancient Egypt and others). They also did their own studies; improving, advancing, updating, modifying and developing their own fields to give solutions to their new problems.

 

In this site, we present some of the mathematical contributions of the Muslim scholars, emphasizing their own vision and special methods that they used to solve their mathematical problems. We introduce some of the important Muslim mathematicians in details, and tell historical stories about concepts, procedures, methods and relations that they developed, and could help the mathematics teacher in adding some thrill, excitement, and illustration to his teaching. We offer mathematics lesson plans that include electronic presentations, movies, simulations and electronic activities that could be used to discuss and investigate mathematical problems on exciting historical basis. In addition, we provide a categorized data bank of links for mathematical sites, specialized in mathematics history, for further investigations.

 

Note 1: We translated to English only the menu and home page of the site. As for the rest of the site one could use Google translate to get an idea of the presented content.

Note 2: The option "Other Civilizations" is yet to be developed and it is suggested for future projects. 

 

Site construction: Jumana Igbarieh & Aya Handaglu