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Science and technology in Islam / editor A.Y. al-Hassan ; co-editors Maqbul Ahmed, A.Z. Iskandar.

Title
Science and technology in Islam / editor A.Y. al-Hassan ; co-editors Maqbul Ahmed, A.Z. Iskandar.
Publication
Paris : UNESCO Pub., 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Al-Hassan, A. Y.
  • Ahmed, Maqbul.
  • Iskandar, A. Z.
  • Ḥasan, Aḥmad Yūsuf.
Description
2 v. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"Research into Islamic science is still in its early stages, but there is now sufficient material available for a preliminary study. This volume is intended to fill a gap which really deserves a major, multi-volume work. A short history of science in Islam is sketched out, including a look at technology and medicine, both fields of study which have been somewhat neglected. The contributions of Islamic civilisation to mathematics, astronomy and physics have long been acknowledged, but also recognised here are the advances made by Muslim scientists in the fields of cosmology, geology, mineralogy, zoology and botany. Historians of Islamic science tend to limit their studies to the period up to the sixteenth century, but this volume looks at how science and technology continued and flourished in the Ottoman Empire, Iran and India. Finally, the decline of Islamic science is discussed, and a look is taken at the state of science today and prospects for the future." (http://www.unesco.org/culture/aic/).
Series Statement
Different aspects of Islamic culture ; 4
Uniform Title
Different aspects of Islamic culture ; 4.
Alternative Title
Science and technology in Islam
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
pt. 1. The exact and natural sciences -- pt. 2. Technology and applied sciences.
ISBN
  • 9231038303 (pt. 1)
  • 9789231038303
  • 9231038311 (pt. 2)
LCCN
^^2004456277
OCLC
  • 61151297
  • SCSB-11243591
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library