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

By Jan P. Hogendijk

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262194821
• ISBN13: 9780262194822
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.5"