Science In Medieval Islam

Author : Howard R. Turner
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,5 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 : John Freely
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Civilization, Western
ISBN : 0755600002

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Light from the East by John Freely Pdf

"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 : J. P. Hogendijk,A. I. Sabra
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0262194821

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The Enterprise of Science in Islam by J. P. Hogendijk,A. I. Sabra Pdf

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

Author : Ali A. Daffa,John J. Stroyls
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608052906

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Studies in the Exact Sciences in Medieval Islam by Ali A. Daffa,John J. Stroyls Pdf

Author : ʻAlī ʻAbd Allāh Daffāʻ,John J. Stroyls
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1984-11-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UOM:39015011014522

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Studies on the Exact Science in Medieval Islam by ʻAlī ʻAbd Allāh Daffāʻ,John J. Stroyls Pdf

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 : Ahmad Dallal
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300159141

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Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History by Ahmad Dallal Pdf

"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 : Aminul Mortaza
Publisher : Koros Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04
Category : Islam and science
ISBN : 1781633150

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Science in Medieval Islam by Aminul Mortaza Pdf

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.

Author : Sa`id al-Andalusi
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780292792319

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Science in the Medieval World by Sa`id al-Andalusi Pdf

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.

Author : Rushdī Rāshid,Régis Morelon
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780415124126

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Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science: Technology, alchemy and life sciences by Rushdī Rāshid,Régis Morelon Pdf

"The Arab contribution is fundamental to the history of science, mathematics and technology, but until now no single publication has offered an up-to-date synthesis of knowledge in this area. In three fully-illustrated volumes the Encyclopedia of the History of Arab Science documents the history and philosophy of Arab science from the earliest times to the present day. Thirty-one chapters, written by an international team of specialists, cover astronomy, mathematics, music, engineering, nautical science, scientific institutions and many other areas. The Encyclopedia is divided into three volumes: 1. Astronomy--Theoretical and applied 2. Mathematics and the Physical Sciences 3. Technology, Alchemy, and the Life Sciences. Extensively illustrated with figures, tables, and plates, each chapter is written by an internationally respected expert, guaranteeing accuracy and quality. Each volume contains an extensive bibliography of sources and suggestions for further reading, and the set is fully indexed. This set will interest mathematicians, engineers and scientists, as well as students of history, the history of science, and Middle Eastern studies."--Publisher's information.

Author : Sarah Stroumsa
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004113746

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Freethinkers of Medieval Islam by Sarah Stroumsa Pdf

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 : Hill Donald R. Hill
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780748696512

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Islamic Science and Engineering by Hill Donald R. Hill Pdf

Author : Franz Rosenthal
Publisher : Variorum Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Islam and science
ISBN : UCAL:B4242756

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Science and Medicine in Islam by Franz Rosenthal Pdf

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.

Author : Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1433151855

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Medieval Islamic World by Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul Pdf

Acknowledgments - Abstracts and Keywords - Introduction - Characteristics of the Islamic Civilization - Islamic Characteristics of Scientific Trends - Qurʼanic Experimental Method - The Elements of the Scientific Experimental Method in the Qurʼan - Human Reasoning (al-qiyās) - The Impact of Islamic Medicine on Modern Civilization and Islamic Scientific Heritage of Medicine and Pharmacy - The Impact of Islamic Political Theory on Modern Civilization - Classical Muslim Scholars' Contribution to the Fields of Astronomy,Geography, Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering (ʻIlm al-Ḥiyal) - Glossary - About the Author - Index

Author : John W. Livingston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 797 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351589253

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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 : George Saliba
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262516150

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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.