The Enterprise of Science in Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Enterprise of Science in Islam write by J. P. Hogendijk. This book was released on 2003. The Enterprise of Science in Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recent historical research and new perspectives on the Islamic scientific tradition.
Science & Islam
Science & Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science & Islam write by Ehsan Masood. This book was released on 2009-11-05. Science & Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From Musa al-Khwarizmi who developed algebra in 9th century Baghdad to al-Jazari, a 13th-century Turkish engineer whose achievements include the crank, the camshaft and the reciprocating piston, Science and Islam tells the story of one of history’s most misunderstood yet rich and fertile periods in science: the extraordinary Islamic scientific revolution between 700 and 1400 CE.
Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History
Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History write by Ahmad Dallal. This book was released on 2010-05-18. Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "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.
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance write by George Saliba. This book was released on 2011-01-21. Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Science and Islam
Science and Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science and Islam write by Muzaffar Iqbal. This book was released on 2007-03-30. Science and Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Science and Islam provides a detailed account of the relationship between Islam and science from the emergence of the Islamic scientific tradition in the eighth century to the present time. This relationship has gone through three distinct phases. The first phase began with the emergence of science in the Islamic civilization in the eighth century and ended with the rise of modern science in the West; the second period is characterized by the arrival of modern science in the Muslim world, most of which at that time was under colonial occupation; and the third period, which began around 1950, is characterized by a more mature approach to the major questions that modern science has posed for all religious traditions. Based on primary sources, the book presents a panorama of Islamic views on some of the major issues in the current science and religion discourse. Written in accessible language, Science and Islam is an authentic account of the multi-faceted and complex issues that arise at the interface of Islamic intellectual tradition and science. Rich in historical details, the book is a fascinating survey of the interaction of Islamic beliefs with the enterprise of science.
