Roshdi Rashed

Roshdi Rashed
رشدي حفني راشد
Born	5 April 1936
Awards	King Faisal International Prize in Islamic Studies (2007) Kenneth O. May Prize (2017) Sheikh Zayed Book Award (2016)
Academic career
Doctoral students	Philippe Abgrall, Nouha Stephan, Samuel Gessner, Mohamad Al-Houjairi, Ali Ibrahim Moussa, Dafon Aimé Sègla, Pascal Crozet, Hélène Bellosta
Notable students	Marouane ben Miled

Roshdi Rashed (Arabic: رشدي راشد), born in Cairo in 1936, is a mathematician, philosopher and historian of science, whose work focuses largely on mathematics and physics of the medieval Arab world.^{[citation needed]} His work explores and illuminates the unrecognized Arab scientific tradition, being one of the first historians to study in detail the ancient and medieval texts, their journey through the Eastern schools and courses, their immense contributions to Western science, particularly in regarding the development of algebra and the first formalization of physics.^{[citation needed]}