The Enterprise of Science in Islam
Subtitle: New Perspectives (Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
Contributors: Jan P. Hogendijk (Editor); Abdelhamid I. Sabra (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: April 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780262194822
Subjects: Islam; Islamic studies; Science: General Issues; History Of Science; Islamic History; Science; Science/Mathematics; General; History; History / General; Ethnic Studies - General; Medieval; Islamic countries; Science, Medieval
Description: "Between A.D. 800 and 1450, the most important centers for the study of what we now call "the exact sciences"--Including the mathematical sciences of arithmetic, geometry, and trigonometry and their applications in such fields as astronomy, astrology, geography, cartography, and optics - were not in Europe but in the vast, multinational Islamic world." "This book offers an overview of this newly energized field of historical investigation. The topics discussed include cross-cultural transmission; transformations of Greek optics; the philosophy and practice of mathematics; numbers, geometry, and architecture; the transmission of astronomy; and science and medicine in the Maghrib. The emphasis throughout the book is on the transmission of scientific knowledge, either from one culture to another or within the medieval Islamic world."--Jacket.