The Enterprise of Science in Islam: New Perspectives

By (author): "Abdelhamid Sabra, ??? ?????? ????, Jan P. Hogendijk"

Genres:Science books History books Philosophy books History Of Science books Islam books

Publish Date: April 1st 2003

The Enterprise of Science in Islam: New Perspectives

ISBN0262194821

ISBN139780262194822

AsinThe Enterprise of Science in Islam: New Perspectives

Original titleThe Enterprise of Science in Islam: New Perspectives (Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

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.