Mathematics and physics in classical Islam : comparative perspectives in the history and the philosophy of science / edited by Giovanna Lelli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lelli, Giovanna, editor.

Series:

Crossroads - History of Interactions Across the Silk Routes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Islam and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"This book highlights the emergence of a new mathematical rationality and the beginning of the mathematisation of physics in Classical Islam. Exchanges between mathematics, physics, linguistics, arts and music were a factor of creativity and progress in the mathematical, the physical and the social sciences. Goods and ideas travelled on a world-scale, mainly through the trade routes connecting East and Southern Asia with the Near East, allowing the transmission of Greek-Arabic medicine to Yuan Muslim China. The development of science, first centred in the Near East, would gradually move to the Western side of the Mediterranean, as a result of Europe's appropriation of the Arab and Hellenistic heritage. Contributors are Paul Buell, Anas Ghrab, Hossein Masoumi Hamedani, Zeinab Karimian, Giovanna Lelli, Marouane ben Miled, Patricia Radelet-de Grave, and Roshdi Rashed"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lelli, Giovanna Mathematics and Physics in Classical Islam

ISBN:

9789004513402