| New Perspectives on the History of Islamic Science: Volume 3 Contributor(s): Iqbal, Muzaffar (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0754629147 ISBN-13: 9780754629146 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $356.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Religion | Islam - History |
| Dewey: 297.265 |
| LCCN: 2011935823 |
| Series: Islam and Science: Historic and Contemporary Perspectives |
| Physical Information: 570 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recent studies in the history of Islamic science based on the discovery and study of new primary texts and instruments have substantially revised the views of nineteenth-century historians of science. This volume presents some of these ground-breaking studies as well as articles which shed new light on the ongoing academic debate surrounding the question of the decline of Islamic scientific tradition. |