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Islamic science and the making of the European Renaissance /

"The Islamic scientific tradition has been described many times in accounts of Islamic civilization and in general histories of science, with most authors tracing its beginnings to the appropriation of ideas from other ancient civilizations - the Greeks in particular. In this thought-provoking...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saliba, George (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Colección:Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.