Abdelhamid I. Sabra (born c. 1930) is a retired professor of the history of science specializing in the history of optics and science in medieval Islam. Sabra received his undergraduate degree at the University of Alexandria, then studied philosophy of science with Karl Popper at the University of London, where he received a Ph.D. in 1955 for a thesis on optics in the 17th century.

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  • Abdelhamid Ibrahim Sabra, oft auch A. I. Sabra (* 1924), ist ein ägyptischer Wissenschaftshistoriker mit dem Forschungsschwerpunkt Geschichte der Optik (History of Optics) und Geschichte der mittelalterlichen Islamistik. Er ist seit 1996 Professor Emeritus der „History of Arabic science“ am „Department of the History of Science“ der Harvard University.
  • Abdelhamid I. Sabra es un profesor retirado especializado en la historia de la ciencia y, en particular, la historia de la óptica y la ciencia islámica en la Edad Media. Sabra estudió en la Universidad de Alejandría y luego con Karl Popper en la Universidad de Londres donde se doctoró en 1955 con una tesis sobre la óptica en el siglo XVII. Enseñó en Alejandría entre 1955 y 1962, en el Warburg Institute entre 1962 y 1972 y en la Universidad de Harvard entre 1972 hasta que se retiró en 1996. En su artículo The Appropriation and Subsequent Naturalization of Greek Science in Medieval Islam argumentó, contra las teorías de Pierre Duhem, que las culturas islámicas no recibieron y preservaron pasivamente la antigua ciencia griega sino que se apropiaron activamente de ella y la modificaron. Esta teoría se conoce como la tesis de Sabra. En 2005 recibió la Medalla George Sarton
  • Abdelhamid I. Sabra (born c. 1930) is a retired professor of the history of science specializing in the history of optics and science in medieval Islam. Sabra received his undergraduate degree at the University of Alexandria, then studied philosophy of science with Karl Popper at the University of London, where he received a Ph.D. in 1955 for a thesis on optics in the 17th century. He taught at the University of Alexandria 1955-62, at the Warburg Institute 1962-72, and at Harvard University from 1972 until he retired in 1996. In his article on "The Appropriation and Subsequent Naturalization of Greek Science in Medieval Islam," he argued, against the theories of Pierre Duhem, that Islamic cultures did not passively receive and preserve ancient Greek science, but actively "appropriated" and modified it. His theory of appropriation in the transmission of science between cultures is sometimes known informally as the "Sabra thesis. " In 2005 he was awarded the Sarton Medal for lifetime achievement in the history of science by the History of Science Society.
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  • Abdelhamid Ibrahim Sabra, oft auch A. I. Sabra (* 1924), ist ein ägyptischer Wissenschaftshistoriker mit dem Forschungsschwerpunkt Geschichte der Optik (History of Optics) und Geschichte der mittelalterlichen Islamistik. Er ist seit 1996 Professor Emeritus der „History of Arabic science“ am „Department of the History of Science“ der Harvard University.
  • Abdelhamid I. Sabra es un profesor retirado especializado en la historia de la ciencia y, en particular, la historia de la óptica y la ciencia islámica en la Edad Media. Sabra estudió en la Universidad de Alejandría y luego con Karl Popper en la Universidad de Londres donde se doctoró en 1955 con una tesis sobre la óptica en el siglo XVII. Enseñó en Alejandría entre 1955 y 1962, en el Warburg Institute entre 1962 y 1972 y en la Universidad de Harvard entre 1972 hasta que se retiró en 1996.
  • Abdelhamid I. Sabra (born c. 1930) is a retired professor of the history of science specializing in the history of optics and science in medieval Islam. Sabra received his undergraduate degree at the University of Alexandria, then studied philosophy of science with Karl Popper at the University of London, where he received a Ph.D. in 1955 for a thesis on optics in the 17th century.
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