1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779243403321

Autore

Dallal Ahmad S

Titolo

Islam, science, and the challenge of history [[electronic resource] /] / Ahmad Dallal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-300-15914-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Terry lectures

Disciplina

297.2/65

Soggetti

Islam and science - History

Science - Islamic countries - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beginnings and beyond -- Science and philosophy -- Science and religion -- In the shadow of modernity.

Sommario/riassunto

In this wide-ranging and masterful work, Ahmad Dallal examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in relation to other cultural forces in Muslim societies. He traces the ways in which the realms of scientific knowledge and religious authority were delineated historically. The realization of a discrepancy between tradition and science often led to demolition and rebuilding and, most important, to questioning whether scientific knowledge should take precedence over religious authority in a matter where their realms clearly overlap.Dallal frames his inquiry around three concerns: What cultural forces provided the conditions for debate over the primacy of religion or science? How did these debates emerge? And how were they sustained? His primary objectives are to study science in Muslim societies within its larger cultural context and to trace the epistemological distinctions between science and philosophy, on the one hand, and science and religion, on the other. He looks at religious and scientific texts and situates them in the contexts of religion, philosophy, and science. Finally, Dallal describes the relationship negotiated in the classical (medieval) period between the religious, scientific, and philosophical systems of knowledge that is central to the Islamic scientific tradition and shows how this relationship has changed radically in modern times.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337638303321

Autore

Safonov Ilia V

Titolo

Document Image Processing for Scanning and Printing  / / by Ilia V. Safonov, Ilya V. Kurilin, Michael N. Rychagov, Ekaterina V. Tolstaya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-05342-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Collana

Signals and Communication Technology, , 1860-4862

Disciplina

621.367

006.42

Soggetti

Signal processing

Image processing

Speech processing systems

Optical data processing

Signal, Image and Speech Processing

Image Processing and Computer Vision

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Distortion-free Image Capturing at Scanning/Copying of the Bound Documents -- Image restoration of compact bound documents -- Intellectual Two-sided card copy -- Automatic cropping and deskew of multiple objects -- Mobile image/document enhancement -- Bottom-up Document Segmentation Method Based on Textural Features -- Document image classification on the basis of layout information -- Image/ Poster stitching -- Fast JPEG rate control -- Generation of PDF with vector symbols from scanned document -- Transformation of screenshot to metafile -- Embedding hidden data into hardcopy -- Embedding hidden data into hardcopy -- Micro-printing -- Creation of micro-pictures for secured printing -- Fast approach for toner saving -- Integraphic Printing.

Sommario/riassunto

This book continues first one of the same authors “Adaptive Image Processing Algorithms for Printing” and presents methods and software solutions for copying and scanning various types of documents by conventional office equipment, offering techniques for correction of



distortions and enhancement of scanned documents; techniques for automatic cropping and de-skew; approaches for segmentation of text and picture regions; documents classifiers; approach for vectorization of symbols by approximation of their contour by curves; methods for optimal compression of scanned documents, algorithm for stitching parts of large originals; copy-protection methods by microprinting and embedding of hidden information to hardcopy; algorithmic approach for toner saving. In addition, method for integral printing is considered. Described techniques operate in automatic mode thanks to machine learning or ingenious heuristics. Most the techniques presented have a low computational complexity and memory consumption due to they were designed for firmware of embedded systems or software drivers. The book reflects the authors’ practical experience in algorithm development for industrial R&D. .