Science in Medieval Islam

An Illustrated Introduction

Автор: Howard Turner

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: University of Texas Press

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During the Golden Age of Islam (seventh through seventeenth centuries A.D.), Muslim philosophers and...

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Автор

Howard Turner

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

1997

страници

288

EAN

9780292781498

ISBN

0292781490

Enbook ID

04874047

Издател

University of Texas Press

Теглоt

434

Размери

233 x 292 x 26

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During the Golden Age of Islam (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 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 general 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.

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