- Date and place of birth: 1936, Cairo.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy – Cairo University.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Pure Mathematics – University of Paris.
- “Doctorat d’Etat” (Ph.D.) degree in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics from Paris University.
- Emeritus Research Director (Distinguished Class) at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS- Paris)
- Director of the Doctoral School in Epistemology and History of Sciences, Denis Diderot-Paris VII University, until 2001.
- Honorary Professor at the University of Tokyo, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
- Emeritus Professor at the University of Mansoura, Egypt.
- Founder (1984) and first Director (till 1993) of the CNRS research team REHSEIS (Research in Epistemology and History of Sciences and Scientific Institutions), Denis Diderot-Paris VII University.
- Teaching:
- 1972 Visiting Professor at Montreal University- Canada.
- 1980-1981 Visiting Professor at the Institute for History of Sciences (Aleppo University)
- 1985 Visiting Professor at the Institute for History of Sciences (Aleppo University)
- 1984- until now Professor of History of Sciences- Postgraduate Program (Paris VII University).
- 1984-2001 Director of Doctoral Program at Paris VII University and Paris III University.
- 1989 Visiting Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Cairo University.
- 1994-1997 Professor, Chair of History of Mathematics, Tokyo University
- 1995-2000 President of Bayt Al Hikma Program for the History of Arab Sciences, UNESCO.
- 1997 Director of the History of Sciences School in Sardinia, Italy (organized by UNESCO).
- 1998 Director of a the History of Mathematics School in Mansoura University, Egypt and University of Nice, France)
- 2002 Visiting Professor, Cairo University, Department of Mathematics.
- 2004 Visiting Professor at the Italian Institute of Human Sciences, Florence (Italy).
- 2004 Director of the History of Mathematics Program (UNESCO) at Tunis University.
- 2005 Visiting Professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of Calabria – Italy.
- 2005 Visiting Professor at the Mathematical Research Center in Pisa, Italy.
- 2006-2007 Visiting Professor at the Department of Mathematics, University of Calabria – Italy.
- Research
- 1961-1962 Demonstrator and Researcher in the Philosophy of Sciences, Humboldt University – Berlin.
- 1965- until now Researcher at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS – Paris).
- 1979-1987 Member of the Institute of Advanced Studies- School of Historical Studies, Princeton University (U.S.A.)
- 1988 Visiting Professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies- School of Historical Studies, Princeton University (U.S.A.)
- 1993 Member of the Institute of Advanced Studies- School of Historical Studies, Princeton University (U.S.A.)
- Important Publications
- “The History of Arab Mathematics”
- “Catoptrics and Reflection of Light”
- “Algebra and Geometry in the Twelfth Century: The Works of Sharaf Al Din Al Tusi”
- “Geometry and Catoptrics in the Fourth Hijri Century: Ibn Sahl- Al Quhi- Ibn Al Haytham)
- “The History of Arab Mathematics: Between Algebra and Geometry”
- “The Scientific Works of Al Kindi”
- “The Encyclopedia of the History of Arab Science”, written by an international team of specialists and edited by Dr. Roshdi Rashed.