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Contents
PART I
Introduction
Ahmad Y. al-Hassan
I Origin and
Vitality of Islamic Science
Chapter 1.1(a)
Science before
Islam
George A. Saliba
Chapter 1.1(b)
A note on the late Alexandrian
medical curriculum curriculum
Albert Z. Iskandar
Chapter 1.2.
Factors behind
the rise of Islamic Science
Ahmad Y. al-Hassan
Chapter 1.3.
The age of translation
and the beginning of scientific Renaissance
Ahmad Y. al-Hassan
Chapter 1.4.
The Classification
of the sciences
Mahdi al-Muhaqqiq
Chapter 1.5
Transmission of
Islamic science to the West
Ahmad Y. al-Hassan
II The
Exact Sciences
Chapter 2.1.
Mathematics
Roshdi Rashed
Chapter 2.2(a)
Astronomical tables and
theory
Julio Samso
Chapter 2.2(b)
Observatories and astronomical
instruments
Muammar Dizer
Chapter 2.2(c)
Astrology
Julio Samso
Chapter 2.3(a)
Mechanics
Robert Hall
Chapter 2.3(b)
Optics :
Highlights from Islamic lands
Elaheh Kheirandish
III Earth
and Life Sciences
Chapter 3.1.
Cosmology
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Chapter 3.2.
Geology
and mineralogy
Munim M. al-Rawi
Chapter 3.3.
Zoology and veterinary science
Abd al-Rahman Ibriq
Chapter 3.4.
Botany
Toufic Fahd
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