Islamic Scientific Thought And Muslim Achievements In Science

Author : Muzaffar Iqbal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351764810

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Islam and Science by Muzaffar Iqbal Pdf

This title was first published in 2002. This text seeks to provide the necessary background for understanding the contemporary relationship between Islam and modern science. Presenting an authentic discourse on the Islamic understanding of the physical cosmos, Muzaffar Iqbal explores God's relationship to the created world and the historical and cultural forces that have shaped and defined Muslim attitudes towards science. What was Islamic in the Islamic scientific tradition? How was it rooted in the Qur'anic worldview and whatever happened to it? These are some of the facets of this account of a tradition that spans eight centuries and covers a vast geographical region. Written from within, this ground-breaking exploration of some of the most fundamental questions in the Islam and science discourse, explores the process of appropriation and transformation of the Islamic scientific tradition in Europe during the three centuries leading up to the Scientific revolution.

Author : Muzaffar Iqbal
Publisher : The Other Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Islam and science
ISBN : 9789675062315

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The Making of Islamic Science by Muzaffar Iqbal Pdf

Author : George Saliba
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262261128

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Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance by George Saliba Pdf

The rise and fall of the Islamic scientific tradition, and the relationship of Islamic science to European science during the Renaissance. The Islamic scientific tradition has been described many times in accounts of Islamic civilization and general histories of science, with most authors tracing its beginnings to the appropriation of ideas from other ancient civilizations—the Greeks in particular. In this thought-provoking and original book, George Saliba argues that, contrary to the generally accepted view, the foundations of Islamic scientific thought were laid well before Greek sources were formally translated into Arabic in the ninth century. Drawing on an account by the tenth-century intellectual historian Ibn al-Naidm that is ignored by most modern scholars, Saliba suggests that early translations from mainly Persian and Greek sources outlining elementary scientific ideas for the use of government departments were the impetus for the development of the Islamic scientific tradition. He argues further that there was an organic relationship between the Islamic scientific thought that developed in the later centuries and the science that came into being in Europe during the Renaissance. Saliba outlines the conventional accounts of Islamic science, then discusses their shortcomings and proposes an alternate narrative. Using astronomy as a template for tracing the progress of science in Islamic civilization, Saliba demonstrates the originality of Islamic scientific thought. He details the innovations (including new mathematical tools) made by the Islamic astronomers from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, and offers evidence that Copernicus could have known of and drawn on their work. Rather than viewing the rise and fall of Islamic science from the often-narrated perspectives of politics and religion, Saliba focuses on the scientific production itself and the complex social, economic, and intellectual conditions that made it possible.

Author : Irfan Shahid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798687876216

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Muslim Scientists in the Dark Age by Irfan Shahid Pdf

In Europe, the process of learning and scientific activities began inthe twelfth century AD after the Arabic books were translated intoLatin language. In those days, Europe was illiterate and backward, and the Islamic world was highly educated and advanced. Between200 C.E. and 1200 C.E., Europe had produced only a handful ofscientists. Whereas until 1200 C.E., in just six hundred years, Islam had produced thousands of scientists and millions of books.In the development of science, Islam occupies the intermediarystage between ancient and modern science. Some people believethat no significant scientific contributions were made in the darkage. However, Islam has made noteworthy contributions in thedark age.This booklet gives a brief account of the life and achievements ofsome selected scientists who represent more than twentydisciplines of science and technology, such as physics, chemistry, zoology, biology, sociology, history, astronomy, geography, literature, calligraphy, medicine, mathematics and mechanicalengineer

Author : Ziauddin Sardar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015028540329

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Explorations in Islamic Science by Ziauddin Sardar Pdf

Author : Muzaffar Iqbal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351897280

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Studies in the Islam and Science Nexus by Muzaffar Iqbal Pdf

This volume brings together thematically arranged articles on the relationship between Islam and science and how it has been shaped over the last century. The articles represent a broad variety of approaches and perspectives as well as reflective and analytic views and include some of the most important voices in the Islam and science discourse. This collection, which includes a special section devoted to studies that explore various aspects of the relationship between the Qur'an and science, is a valuable resource for researchers interested in gaining a greater understanding of the broader relationship between religion and science.

Author : John W. Livingston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351589260

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The Rise of Science in Islam and the West by John W. Livingston Pdf

This is a study of science in Muslim society from its rise in the 8th century to the efforts of 19th-century Muslim thinkers and reformers to regain the lost ethos that had given birth to the rich scientific heritage of earlier Muslim civilization. The volume is organized in four parts; the rise of science in Muslim society in its historical setting of political and intellectual expansion; the Muslim creative achievement and original discoveries; proponents and opponents of science in a religiously oriented society; and finally the complex factors that account for the end of the 500-year Muslim renaissance. The book brings together and treats in depth, using primary and secondary sources in Arabic, Turkish and European languages, subjects that are lightly and uncritically brushed over in non-specialized literature, such as the question of what can be considered to be purely original scientific advancement in Muslim civilization over and above what was inherited from the Greco–Syriac and Indian traditions; what was the place of science in a religious society; and the question of the curious demise of the Muslim scientific renaissance after centuries of creativity. The book also interprets the history of the rise, achievement and decline of scientific study in light of the religious temper and of the political and socio-economic vicissitudes across Islamdom for over a millennium and integrates the Muslim legacy with the history of Latin/European accomplishments. It sets the stage for the next momentous transmission of science: from the West back to the Arabic-speaking world of Islam, from the last half of the 19th century to the early 21st century, the subject of a second volume.

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : Kazi Publications Incorporated
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1930637152

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Science and Civilization in Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr Pdf

Islamic science, known to the West principally for its influence on the development of European scientific thought, occupied a central position within the Muslim culture. Through historical and morphological analysis, as well as through excerpts from actual texts, the author graphically conveys to Western readers the content and spirit of Islamic science.

Author : Sally Ganchy
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781435856790

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Islam and Science, Medicine, and Technology by Sally Ganchy Pdf

Radiating outwards from the Arabian Peninsula, the Islamic world would spread to Africa, India, southeast Asia, Europe, China, and the steppes of Russia. At the height of the empire’s strength and extent, a period known as the “Golden Age,” Muslim achievement in all areas of culture was unsurpassed worldwide. In the fields of science, medicine, and technology, in particular, the Islamic world shined brightly in a world often darkened by ignorance and incomprehension. The efforts of Muslim scientists, mathematicians, astronomers, doctors, and engineers transformed the Islamic world and ultimately helped stimulate the European Renaissance, prompting a rediscovery of the ancient world that would revolutionize arts, science, and philosophy, and so transform the world.

Author : Howard R. Turner
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0292785410

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Science in Medieval Islam by Howard R. Turner Pdf

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 : C. A. Qadir
Publisher : Other
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : MINN:31951P00083217R

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Philosophy and Science in the Islamic World by C. A. Qadir Pdf

The basis of Muslim philosophy and science is the instruction embedded in the Quran. At an early date this tradition was enlarged and strengthened by the infiltration into Muslim culture of Greek philosophy and science through the translation of Greek classics by Muslims. The Indian tradition of thought also made its contribution. This book traces the development and interaction of these strands in Muslim thinking. The author is concerned to show both how philosophy and science are related to specifically religious thought, and how they have made distinctive contributions to method and discovery.

Author : Rais Ahmad
Publisher : Global Vision Pub House
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Islam and science
ISBN : 8182201349

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Islam and Scientific Debate by Rais Ahmad Pdf

The Papers Presented In This Book Have Been Contributed By Eminent Scholars Of Islamic Science. The First Article Sheds Light On The Rise And Fall Of Science During Islamic Civilization. The Next Two Articles Present The Varying Views Of Some Muslim Scholars And Scientists About The Scientific Interpretation Of The Qur An. In The Next Three Articles, The Respective Authors Critically Evaluate The Philosophy Of Modern Science And Propose Islamic Alternative. Further The Two Articles Present The Various Schools Of Thought Among The Proponents Of Islamic Science Taking Into Consideration Their Approach Towards The Development Of Islamic Science And Their Vision Regarding The Scope And Purpose Of Islamic Science. The Last Article Proposes A Methodology As To How Modern Science Can Be Adopted In Islam.

Author : Shabeer Ahmed
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1540458210

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Development of Science & Technology in Islamic History by Shabeer Ahmed Pdf

The spectacular advances in science and technology that have occurred over the last century have led some to believe that only Western Capitalism can produce material progress. Does religion hinder man's progress in life? Is there a contradiction between Islam and science? Why are the countries of the Islamic world so technologically backward? Is Islam capable of addressing man's diverse problem in the 21st century? This book tackles these questions by exploring the relationship between Islam and science, by examining how science bloomed under Islam while Europe struggled in the Dark Ages and by illustrating a distinct vision for future scientific and technological advancement under the Islamic State.

Author : Ibrahim B. Syed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Islam and science
ISBN : 8176500526

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Intellectual Achievements of the Muslims by Ibrahim B. Syed Pdf

The Monograph Is Divided Into 4 Heads- Intellectual Achievements Of The Muslims. The Rise And Decline Of Science In Islamic Civilization. Causes For The Decline Of Scientific Thinking In Islam- Index.

Author : Osman Bakar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Islam and science
ISBN : UOM:39015029049965

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Tawhid and Science by Osman Bakar Pdf