Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance - Table of Contents

April 2007
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0-262-19557-7
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978-0-262-19557-7

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Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance
George Saliba

	Preface Sample Chapter - Download PDF (77 KB)	vii

1	The Islamic Scientific Tradition Questions of Beginnings I Sample Chapter - Download PDF (138 KB)	1

2	The Islamic Scientific Tradition Questions of Beginnings II	27

3	Encounter with the Greek Scientific Tradition	73

4	Islamic Astronomy Defines Itself The Critical Innovations	131

5	Science between Philosophy and Religion The Case of Astronomy	171

6	Islamic Science and Renaissance Europe The Copernican Connection	193

7	Age of Decline The Fecundity of Astronomical Thought	233

	Notes and References	257

	Bibliography	289

	Index (Expanded for the Web) Sample Chapter - Download PDF (362 KB)	307

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