Science in Medieval Islam: An Illustrated IntroductionUniversity of Texas Press, 28 de jul. 2010 - 314 pàgines A “well-organized and interesting” overview of science in the Muslim world in the seventh through seventeenth centuries, with over 100 illustrations (The Middle East Journal). During the Golden Age of Islam, in the 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, who curated the subject for a major traveling exhibition, 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 other 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. |
Continguts
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Roots | 26 |
Cosmology The Universes of Islam | 36 |
Mathematics Native Tongue of Science | 43 |
Astronomy | 59 |
Astrology Scientific Nonscience | 108 |
Geography | 117 |
Optics | 195 |
The Later Years | 201 |
Transmission | 209 |
The New West | 217 |
Epilogue | 222 |
A Summary Timeline | 231 |
Glossary | 239 |
Works Consulted | 241 |
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Pàgina 17 - He who pursues the road of knowledge God will direct to the road of Paradise. . .. The brightness of a learned man compared to that of a mere worshiper is like that of the full moon compared to all the stars.. . . Obtain knowledge; its possessor can distinguish right from wrong; it shows the way to Heaven; it befriends us in the desert and in solitude, and when we are friendless; it is our guide to happiness; it gives us strength in misery; it is an ornament to friends, protection against enemies....
Pàgina 7 - Established on the foundation of a clearly defined but not entirely inflexible hierarchy of rulers and ruled, Islam as Empire evolved through some twelve centuries, rarely achieving political unity or equilibrium for long periods. The Prophet Muhammad, founder and head of the first Muslim state, was succeeded by four caliphs, three related to him by marriage. This group, known as the orthodox caliphate, ruled until 66i, when a new and very different era began.
Pàgina 2 - Muslims and comprised the first multiethnic and multinational group of its kind in the worlds history. The accomplishments of this extraordinary scientific brotherhood are the subject of this illustrated introductory survey. From the ninth century on, scientists in Islamic lands acquired, through translations into Arabic, a treasury of Greek, Indian, Persian, and Babylonian philosophic and scientific thought. They proceeded diligently to assimilate and...
Pàgina 1 - Islam is an intellectual and emotional force that in our time binds together about one out of every five of the worlds people, uniting its adherents through a common faith and a written language, despite diverse identities of race, nation, and political affiliation. Islamic culture has always...
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