The legacy of Jan Kappers.

Lost or Embedded Works of Kūhī

Ab? Sahl W?jan (B?zhan) ibn Rustam al-K?h? the 10th century mathematician and astronomer was from Tabarist?n (present M?zandar?n) province of Iran. Apart from his rich legacy kept in several manuscripts and studied, edited and translated widely, we know that some of his works have been lost. In this article, K?h?’s lost mathematical works are traced through references and quotations in the work...

Hedayat’s Neighbour: The Fictional Legacy of Gholam-Hosayn Sa’edi, Ghahreman Shiri, Tehran: Butimar, 2015. pp. 284 .

Reform by reflection: Schön’s legacy to management practice in times of uncertainty

In this paper, we revisit Donald Schön’s scholarly work on “handling uncertainty”, suggesting that in order to cope reasonably well with uncertainty, practitioners should be encouraged to take a reflective existential stance, aimed to explore their own tacit personal style (i.e., theories-in-use). They should (i) recall and reflect on their theories-in-use to bear on the phenomenon, (ii) metaph...

The legacy of Islamic world in modern medicine and science

The legacy of the Islamic world in medicine and natural science is the legacy of Greece, increased by many additions, mostly practical. Rhazes, the Iranian, was a talented clinical observer, but not a Harvey. Abd al-Latif, the Arab, was a diligent seeker in anatomy, but in no way to be compared to Vesalius. The Muslims possessed excellent translations of the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and ...

The legacy of Islamic world in modern medicine and science

The legacy of the Islamic world in medicine and natural science is the legacy of Greece, increased by many additions, mostly practical. Rhazes, the Iranian, was a talented clinical observer, but not a Harvey. Abd al-Latif, the Arab, was a diligent seeker in anatomy, but in no way to be compared to Vesalius. The Muslims possessed excellent translations of the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and ...