Islamic science and the making of the European Renaissance [electronic resource] / George Saliba.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Transformations (M.I.T. Press)Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.Description: xi, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 509.17/67 22
LOC classification:
  • Q127.I742 S35 2007eb
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Contents:
The Islamic scientific tradition : question of beginnings I -- The Islamic scientific tradition : question of beginnings II -- Encounter with the Greek scientific tradition -- Islamic astronomy defines itself : the critical innovations -- Science between philosophy and religion : the case of astronomy -- Islamic science and Renaissance Europe : the Copernican connection -- Age of decline : the fecundity of astronomical thought.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-305) and index.

The Islamic scientific tradition : question of beginnings I -- The Islamic scientific tradition : question of beginnings II -- Encounter with the Greek scientific tradition -- Islamic astronomy defines itself : the critical innovations -- Science between philosophy and religion : the case of astronomy -- Islamic science and Renaissance Europe : the Copernican connection -- Age of decline : the fecundity of astronomical thought.

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