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Author Saliba, George.

Title Islamic science and the making of the European Renaissance / George Saliba.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]
©2007

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  509 S165I    Check Shelf
Description xi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Physical Medium 2006023618
Series Transformations
Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-305) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Science -- Islamic countries -- History.
Islam and science.
Science, Medieval.
Civilization, Western -- Islamic influences.
ISBN 0262195577 hardcover alkaline paper
9780262195577 hardcover alkaline paper
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