Asâr-ı Bâkiye: An unpublished translation project (circa 1960)

Year 2005, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 33 - 42, 01.12.2005

Hülya Şenkon

Abstract

Together with the Kamus-i Riyaziyât (Encyclopaedia of Mathematics),
the Asâr-ı Bâkiye is Salih Zeki’s major work on the history of mathematics and
astronomy. The first volume covering the history of spherical trigonometry and
the second treating the history of arithmetics were both published in Istanbul in
1913. The third volume on astronomy remained unpublished.
A project of translating the first three volumes into modern Turkish was
initiated by Nazım Terzioğlu (1912-1976) professor of mathematics at Istanbul
University in early 1960s or possibly earlier.

A commission composed of
professors of mathematics, astronomy, physics and history of medicine was
formed in 1961 to decide on the publication of Salih Zeki’s works. The
manuscript of the Asâr-ı Bâkiye translation which consists of 411 type-written
pages is actually kept in the archives of the Turkish Mathematical Society. The
present paper aims to introduce this translation which could not be published for
reasons unknown to us.

Keywords

Salih Zeki, Asâr-ı Bâkiye, Islamic science, history of mathematics, history of astronomy, Turkish Mathematical Society

Salih Zeki ve Asâr-ı Bâkiye’nin 1960’larda Yapılmış Bir Çevirisi

Abstract

Together with the Kamus-i Riyaziyât (Encyclopaedia of Mathematics), the Asâr-ı Bâkiye is Salih Zeki’s major work on the history of mathematics and astronomy. The first volume covering the history of spherical trigonometry and the second treating the history of arithmetics were both published in Istanbul in 1913. The third volume on astronomy remained unpublished. A project of translating the first three volumes into modern Turkish was initiated by Nazım Terzioğlu (1912-1976) professor of mathematics at Istanbul University in early 1960s or possibly earlier.

A commission composed of professors of mathematics, astronomy, physics and history of medicine was formed in 1961 to decide on the publication of Salih Zeki’s works. The manuscript of the Asâr-ı Bâkiye translation which consists of 411 type-written pages is actually kept in the archives of the Turkish Mathematical Society. The present paper aims to introduce this translation which could not be published for reasons unknown to us.

Keywords

Salih Zeki, Asâr-ı Bâkiye, İslam bilimi, matematik tarihi, astronomi tarihi, Türk Matematik Derneği

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