The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945)

The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945)

A history of Muslims’ contribution to present-day science and technology is the exploration of the missing account of their glorious past. Muslims integrated science, theology, and philosophy as they were urged to study, acquire knowledge, and learn from others' expertise and civilization. The...

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Main Author: Islam, Arshad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kulliyyah of Science, IIUM 2011
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BP1 Islam
QH Natural history
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/2471/
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spelling iium-24712012-02-27T07:43:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2471/ The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945) Islam, Arshad BP1 Islam QH Natural history A history of Muslims’ contribution to present-day science and technology is the exploration of the missing account of their glorious past. Muslims integrated science, theology, and philosophy as they were urged to study, acquire knowledge, and learn from others' expertise and civilization. The significance of this study lies not in recounting the specific contribution of Muslims to the individual disciplines of science such as medicine, mathematics, astronomy, geometry, geology, mineralogy, chemistry, philosophy and architecture, and trigonometry. Those accounts though greatly important in their own right have been the central focus of a number of works. This paper highlights those aspects of Muslims’ contribution to scientific body of knowledge that are subtle and perhaps more important to the development of the entire body of the scientific knowledge. Through an analysis of socio-cultural and historical context, the paper concludes that the contribution of Muslim scientist lies in (a) bringing to light the work of ancient Greek scholars in the field of science, and (b) bringing to the knowledge of Europe the works of Indian men of science, especially in mathematics, astronomy and medicine. Kulliyyah of Science, IIUM 2011-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2471/1/Abbasids.pdf Islam, Arshad (2011) The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945). Revelation and Science, 1 (1). pp. 39-56. ISSN 2229-9947 http://www.iium.edu.my/revival/index.php/revival
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QH Natural history
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QH Natural history
Islam, Arshad
The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945)
description A history of Muslims’ contribution to present-day science and technology is the exploration of the missing account of their glorious past. Muslims integrated science, theology, and philosophy as they were urged to study, acquire knowledge, and learn from others' expertise and civilization. The significance of this study lies not in recounting the specific contribution of Muslims to the individual disciplines of science such as medicine, mathematics, astronomy, geometry, geology, mineralogy, chemistry, philosophy and architecture, and trigonometry. Those accounts though greatly important in their own right have been the central focus of a number of works. This paper highlights those aspects of Muslims’ contribution to scientific body of knowledge that are subtle and perhaps more important to the development of the entire body of the scientific knowledge. Through an analysis of socio-cultural and historical context, the paper concludes that the contribution of Muslim scientist lies in (a) bringing to light the work of ancient Greek scholars in the field of science, and (b) bringing to the knowledge of Europe the works of Indian men of science, especially in mathematics, astronomy and medicine.
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title The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945)
title_short The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945)
title_full The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945)
title_fullStr The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945)
title_full_unstemmed The contribution of Muslims to science during the Middle Abbasid Period (750-945)
title_sort contribution of muslims to science during the middle abbasid period (750-945)
publisher Kulliyyah of Science, IIUM
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2471/
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