@article{6a7023b08c864944a4cc966d1878a082,
title = "Preface",
author = "Fried, {Michael N.}",
note = "Funding Information: Two able historians have monitored my work at various times. Jeffrey Oaks of he University of Indianapolis read and critiqued the entire translation. Mahdi Abdeljaouad of the University of Tunis taught me a great deal about medieval Arabic mathematicians and their works. Regardless of the few times I did not follow their advice, their irreplaceable assistance improved this research. I am immensely grateful. Many thanks also to Frank Swetz for the foreword. The Ruth and Karl Bjorkman Fund financed the project. A Vatican Film Library Mellon Fellowship at Saint Louis University, Missouri, provided me with the time and place to study microfilm of several manuscripts used in",
year = "2012",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
pages = "vii--viii",
journal = "Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences",
issn = "2196-8810",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",
}