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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.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Shea, William R., author.
King, David A., 1941- author.
Zielinski, Siegfried, author.
Bernardoni, Andrea, author.
Cooper, Glen Michael, author.
Contributor:
Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation (London, England). Centre for the Study of Islamic Manuscripts, issuing body.
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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