Science In Medieval Islam

Author : Howard R. Turner
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292785410
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science in Medieval Islam written by Howard R. Turner and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : J. P. Hogendijk
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262194822
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Enterprise of Science in Islam written by J. P. Hogendijk and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent historical research and new perspectives on the Islamic scientific tradition.

Author : John Freely
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780755600007
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Light from the East written by John Freely and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 creativity of its Golden Age. This is the story of how Islamic science, which began in eighth-century Baghdad, enhanced the knowledge acquired from Greece, Mesopotamia, India and China. Through the astrologers, physicians, philosophers, mathematicians and alchemists of the Muslim world, this knowledge influenced western thinkers from Thomas Aquinas and Copernicus and helped inspire the Renaissance and give birth to modern science."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Author : Ahmad Dallal
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300159145
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History written by Ahmad Dallal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this wide-ranging and masterly 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 the realms of scientific knowledge and religious authority were delineated historically. For example, the emergence of new mathematical methods revealed that many mosques built in the early period of Islamic expansion were misaligned relative to the Ka'ba in Mecca; this misalignment was critical because Muslims must face Mecca during their five daily prayers. 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 overlapped"--Page 2 of cover.

Author : Ali A. Daffa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608052908
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in the Exact Sciences in Medieval Islam written by Ali A. Daffa and published by . This book was released on with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald R. Hill
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474469132
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islamic Science and Engineering written by Donald R. Hill and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Islamic Science and Engineering".

Author : Peter E. Pormann
Publisher : New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys
ISBN 13 : 9780748620678
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Islamic Medicine written by Peter E. Pormann and published by New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date survey of medieval Islamic medicine offering new insights to the role of medicine and physicians in medieval Islamic culture.

Author : Sarah Stroumsa
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004113749
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freethinkers of Medieval Islam written by Sarah Stroumsa and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the phenomenon of freethinking in medieval Islam, as exemplified in the figures of Ibn al-R wand and Ab Bakr al-R z . It reconstructs their thought and analyzes the relations of the phenomenon to Islamic prophetology and its repercussions in Islamic thought.

Author : ʻAlī ʻAbd Allāh Daffāʻ
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies on the Exact Science in Medieval Islam written by ʻAlī ʻAbd Allāh Daffāʻ and published by . This book was released on 1984-11-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Etan Kohlberg
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004095496
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Medieval Muslim Scholar at Work written by Etan Kohlberg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ibn t w s (d. 664/1266) was a famous Sh scholar and bibliophile. This book portrays his intellectual world and working methods, and reconstructs, as far as possible, his extensive library, which included many works now lost. Kohlberg's monograph is an important contribution to Sh studies and to the history of Arabic literature.