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Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science. Edited by ROSHDI RASHED, in collaboration with REGIS MORELON. Three volumes. New York: ROUTLEDGE, 1996. Pp. xiv + 1105. $250.

These three volumes contain articles on a wide range of topics, from "geometry and algebra" to "botany and agriculture," written by a group of internationally acknowledged experts in their respective fields. To give an adequate description of the riches of the volumes would be an undertaking far exceeding the scope of this review. Suffice it to say that one expects, and finds, material of high quality, ...