The Enterprise of Science in Islam: New Perspectives
(Part of the Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:026251916X
ISBN13:9780262519168
Release Date:April 2003
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:410 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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