Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance

by George Saliba

Book Overview

The rise and fall of the Islamic scientific tradition, and the relationship of Islamic science to European science during the Renaissance.

The Islamic scientific tradition has been described many times in accounts of Islamic civilization and general histories of science, with most authors tracing its beginnings to the appropriation of ideas from other ancient civilizations--the Greeks in particular. In this thought-provoking and original...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262516152
• ISBN13: 9780262516150
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher