The Enterprise of Science in Islam

New Perspectives

Jan P. Hogendijk, Abdelhamid I. Sabra

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MIT Press
08 April 2003

Nostalgia: general

Series: Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology

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

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. Research from the last few decades has profoundly changed our understanding of the Islamic scientific tradition. We now know that it was richer and more profound and had more complex relations to other cultures than we had previously thought. This book offers an overview of this newly energized field of historical investigation. The areas 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. The book also presents many unsolved historical problems, such as the question of when and where the Hindu-Arabic number symbols evolved from the Eastern Islamic forms to the Western Islamic forms, which are virtually identical to the modern forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0."

Edited by: Jan P. Hogendijk, Abdelhamid I. Sabra
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780262519168
ISBN 10: 026251916X
Series: Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 08 April 2003
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jan P. Hogendijk is Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utrecht. Abdelhamid I. Sabra is Professor of the History of Arabic Science, Emeritus, at Harvard University.

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The Enterprise of Science in Islam

New Perspectives

Jan P. Hogendijk, Abdelhamid I. Sabra

$90

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