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Science In Medieval Islam

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Author : Howard R. Turner
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-07-28

Science In Medieval Islam written by Howard R. Turner and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-28 with Science categories.

A "well-organized and interesting" overview of science in the Muslim world in the seventh through seventeenth centuries, with over 100 illustrations ( The Middle East Journal). During the Golden Age of Islam, in the seventh through seventeenth centuries A. D., Muslim philosophers and poets, artists and scientists, princes and laborers created a unique culture that has influenced societies on every continent. This book offers a fully illustrated, highly accessible introduction to an important aspect of that culture: the scientific achievements of medieval Islam. Howard Turner, who curated the subject for a major traveling exhibition, opens with a historical overview of the spread of Islamic civilization from the Arabian peninsula eastward to India and westward across northern Africa into Spain. He describes how a passion for knowledge led the Muslims during their centuries of empire-building to assimilate and expand the scientific knowledge of older cultures, including those of Greece, India, and China. He explores medieval Islamic accomplishments in cosmology, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, geography, medicine, natural sciences, alchemy, and optics. He also indicates the ways in which Muslim scientific achievement influenced the advance of science in the Western world from the Renaissance to the modern era. This survey of historic Muslim scientific achievements offers students and other readers a window into one of the world's great cultures, one which is experiencing a remarkable resurgence as a religious, political, and social force in our own time.

Light From The East

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Author : John Freely
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2010-12-18

Light From The East written by John Freely and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-18 with Science categories.

Long before the European Renaissance, while the western world was languishing in what was once called the 'Dark Ages', the Arab world was ablaze with the knowledge, invention and creativity of its Golden Age. This is the story of how Islamic science, which began with the translation of Greek manuscripts into Arabic in eighth-century Baghdad, preserved and enhanced the knowledge acquired from Greece, Mesopotamia, India and China. Through the astrologers, physicians, philosophers, mathematicians and alchemists of the Muslim world, this knowledge was carried from Samarkand and Baghdad to Cordoba and beyond, influencing western thinkers from Thomas Aquinas and Copernicus and helping to inspire the cultural phenomenon of the Renaissance. John Freely tells this spellbinding story against a background of the melting pot of cultures involved and concludes with the decline of Islam's Golden Age, which led the West to forget the debt it owed to the Muslim world and the influence of medieval Islamic civilisation in forging the beginnings of modern science.

Studies On The Exact Science In Medieval Islam

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Author : ʻAlī ʻAbd Allāh Daffāʻ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984-11-08

Studies On The Exact Science In Medieval Islam written by ʻAlī ʻAbd Allāh Daffāʻ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-11-08 with Mathematics categories.

A self-contained volume surveying current research in the history of medieval eastern mathematics. Fills the gap in the historical literature by presenting material on medieval numerical analysis. Will be of interest to all historians of mathematics and science.

Studies In The Exact Sciences In Medieval Islam

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Author : Ali A. Daffa
language : en
Publisher:
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Studies In The Exact Sciences In Medieval Islam written by Ali A. Daffa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

Science In Medieval Islam

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Author : Aminul Mortaza
language : en
Publisher: Koros Press
Release Date : 2013-04

Science In Medieval Islam written by Aminul Mortaza and has been published by Koros Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04 with Islam and science categories.

Science in the medieval Islamic world, also known as Islamic science or Arabic science, is the science developed and practised in the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age (c.750 CE - c.1258 CE). This book examines many of the Indian, Asyriac, Iranian and Greek translations which became a wellspring for Islamic scientific advances.

The Rise Of Early Modern Science

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Author : Toby E. Huff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995

The Rise Of Early Modern Science written by Toby E. Huff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.

This is a study of the long-standing question of why modern science arose only in the West and not in the civilizations of Islam or China, despite the fact that, by the Middle Ages, Islam and China were more scientifically advanced. To find an explanation the author examines the differences in religious, philosophical, and legal institutions of the three civilizations, focusing on the legal concept of 'corporation', which is unique to the West and gave rise to neutral space and free inquiry, concepts integral to modern science.

Science And Civilization In Islam

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Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987

Science And Civilization In Islam written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Religion categories.

This book presents a picture of Islamic science, not as a chapter in the history of Western science, but as an integral aspect of Islamic civilization and the Islamic intellectual tradition.

The Enterprise Of Science In Islam

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Author : J. P. Hogendijk
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2003

The Enterprise Of Science In Islam written by J. P. Hogendijk and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

Recent historical research and new perspectives on the Islamic scientific tradition.

Science In The Medieval World

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Author : Sa`id al-Andalusi
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1996-03-01

Science In The Medieval World written by Sa`id al-Andalusi and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-03-01 with Science categories.

During the Middle Ages, a thriving center for learning and research was Muslim Spain, where students gathered to consult Arabic manuscripts of earlier scientific works and study with famous teachers. One of these teachers was Sa'id al-Andalusi, who in 1068 wrote Kitab Tabaqat al-'Umam, or "Book of the Categories of Nations," which recorded the contributions to science of all known nations. Today, it is one of few surviving medieval Spanish Muslim texts, and this is its first English translation. Science ('ulum), as used by Sa'id and other scholars of that period, is a broad term covering virtually all aspects of human knowledge. After initial discussions of the categories of nations that did or did not cultivate science, Sa'id details the specific contribution of nine nations or peoples-India, Persia, Chaldea, Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Arab Orient, al-Andalus, and the Hebrews. He includes the names of many individual scientists and scholars and describes their various contributions to knowledge, making his book a significant work of reference as well as history.

Science And Medicine In Islam

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Author : Franz Rosenthal
language : en
Publisher: Variorum Publishing
Release Date : 1990

Science And Medicine In Islam written by Franz Rosenthal and has been published by Variorum Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Medical categories.

The achievements of medieval Muslim scholars in the fields of philosophy, science and medicine are now well recognized, and Franz Rosenthal's work has been instrumental in helping us to understand these. In this third collection of his articles, he demonstrates the information to be gained from tracing the Greek roots of the science and medicine of the Islamic world in the Middle Ages. Of particular concern here are the Hellenistic or late Hellenistic authors such as Galen, Hippocrates or Ptolemy. These articles show how Muslim writers have preserved much that has been lost in the Greek and played a vital part in ensuring the continuity of the classical tradition, and examine some of the specific ways in which they reacted to and developed it.