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Science and engineering in the Islamic heritage : research articles = al-ʻUlūm wa-al-handasah fī al-turāth al-Islāmī / by various contributors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shea, William R., author.
- King, David A., 1941- author.
- Zielinski, Siegfried, author.
- Bernardoni, Andrea, author.
- Cooper, Glen Michael, author.
- Series:
- Symposia proceedings
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic civilization--Congresses.
- Islamic civilization.
- Science--Islamic Empire--History--Congresses.
- Science.
- Engineering--Islamic Empire--History--Congresses.
- Engineering.
- Muslim scientists--Congresses.
- Muslim scientists.
- Muslim engineers--Congresses.
- Muslim engineers.
- Islamic Empire--Intellectual life--Congresses.
- Islamic Empire.
- Science--Islamic Empire--History.
- Engineering--Islamic Empire--History.
- Islamic Empire--Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- 146 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Title on title page verso: ʻUlūm wa-al-handasah fī al-turāth al-Islāmī
- al-ʻUlūm wa-al-handasah fī al-turāth al-Islāmī.
- Title on title page verso: علوم والهندسة في التراث الإسلامي
- العلوم والهندسة في التراث الإسلامي.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK : Al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation, The Centre for the Study of Islamic Manuscripts, 2024.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Sharaf Ahmed Zaki Yamani
- Enriching our historiography / William R. Shea
- Fallacies about early Islam : Dan Gibson and Amos Jason Deus on the sacred direction (qibla), and Tom Holland on the prayer ritual / David A. King
- Ibn al-Haytham's Optics : a media archaeological approach / Siegfried Zielinski
- Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī on the Optics : in the footsteps of al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham / Saira Malik
- Traces and connections with Muslim Scientific Heritage in Leonardo Da Vinci manuscripts / Andrea Bernardoni
- Astrolabes and Zījes told of education and the transmission of scientific knowledge from Islamic civilization / Glen M. Cooper.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781788149181
- 1788149181
- OCLC:
- 1547948823
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