A. I. Sabra

1.4k total citations
22 papers, 412 citations indexed

About

A. I. Sabra is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, A. I. Sabra has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 412 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 papers in Philosophy and 5 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in A. I. Sabra's work include Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (9 papers), Medieval and Classical Philosophy (8 papers) and Islamic Studies and History (4 papers). A. I. Sabra is often cited by papers focused on Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (9 papers), Medieval and Classical Philosophy (8 papers) and Islamic Studies and History (4 papers). A. I. Sabra collaborates with scholars based in United States. A. I. Sabra's co-authors include Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Saliba, Jan P. Hogendijk, David G. Stork, Nicholas Rescher and Robert Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Physics Today and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

A. I. Sabra

19 papers receiving 309 citations

Peers

A. I. Sabra
Marshall Clagett United States
Roshdi Rashed France
E. J. Dijksterhuis United States
Richard C. Dales United States
Charles Burnett United Kingdom
William R. Shea Canada
A. Rupert Hall United Kingdom
Norman Kretzmann United States
Desmond M. Clarke Ireland
G. J. Toomer United States
Marshall Clagett United States
A. I. Sabra
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hogendijk, Jan P., A. I. Sabra, & Robert Morrison. (2015). The Enterprise of Science in Islam. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 28–43.
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Sabra, A. I.. (2009). The Simple Ontology of Kalām Atomism: An Outline. Early Science and Medicine. 14(1-3). 68–78. 7 indexed citations
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Hogendijk, Jan P. & A. I. Sabra. (2003). The enterprise of science in Islam : new perspectives. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 13 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (2000). Reply to Saliba. Perspectives on Science. 8(4). 342–345.
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Sabra, A. I.. (1996). Situating Arabic Science: Locality versus Essence. Isis. 87(4). 654–670. 32 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (1994). Geometrie et dioptrique au Xe siecle: Ibn Sahl, al-Quhi, Ibn al-Haytham. Roshdi Rashed. Isis. 85(4). 685–686. 2 indexed citations
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Saliba, George & A. I. Sabra. (1992). The Optics of Ibn Al-Haytham: Books I-III, on Direct Vision. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 112(3). 528–528. 57 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I. & David G. Stork. (1983). Theories of Light from Descartes to Newton. Physics Today. 36(3). 71–72. 5 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (1982). Ibn al-Haytham's lemmas for solving ?Alhazen's problem?. Archive for History of Exact Sciences. 26(4). 299–324. 8 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (1981). Theories of Light: From Descartes to Newton. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 126 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (1980). Avicenna on the Subject Matter of Logic. The Journal of Philosophy. 77(11). 746–764. 26 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (1969). Simplicius's Proof of Euclid's Parallels Postulate. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 32(1). 1–24. 17 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (1968). Thābit Ibn Qurra on Euclid's Parallels Postulate. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 31(1). 12–32. 7 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I. & Seyyed Hossein Nasr. (1968). An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 88(3). 602–602. 88 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (1967). The Authorship of the Liber de crepusculis, an Eleventh-Century Work on Atmospheric Refraction. Isis. 58(1). 77–85. 8 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (1966). Ibn Al-Haytham's Criticisms of Ptolemy's Optics. Journal of the history of philosophy. 4(2). 145–149. 7 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I.. (1965). A Twelfth-Century Defence of the Fourth Figure of the Syllogism. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 28(1). 14–28. 4 indexed citations
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Sabra, A. I. & Nicholas Rescher. (1965). Al-Fārābī's Short Commentary on Aristotle's Prior Analytics. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 85(2). 241–241. 2 indexed citations

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