Islamic science and the making of the European Renaissance / George Saliba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saliba, George.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Transformations (M.I.T. Press)

Transformations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Islamic countries--History.

Science.

Islamic countries.

History.

Islam and science.

Science, Medieval.

Civilization, Western--Islamic influences.

Civilization, Western.

Physical Description:

xi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-305) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0262195577

9780262195577

OCLC:

70673221