New Perspectives On The History Of Islamic Science: Volume 3 (islam And Science: Historic And Contemporary Perspectives)

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. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Editor's Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS 1 Reflections on Some New Studies on Applied Science in Islamic Societies (8th–19th Centuries) 2 Problems of the Transmission of Greek Scientific Thought into Arabic: Examples from Mathematics and Optics 3 Ibn Khaldun on the Fate of Islamic Science after the 11th Century 4 Between Philosophy and Mathematics: Examples of Interactions in Classical Islam 5 The Universe as a System: Ibn Sina's Cosmology Revisited 6 Al-Quhi: From Meteorology to Astronomy PART II: BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE REVISIONIST HISTORY 7 Al-Quhi vs. Aristotle: On Motion 8 The New Astronomy of Ibn al-Haytham 9 The Configuration of the Universe: A Book by al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham? 10 Lunar Mansions and Timekeeping in Western Islam 11 An Instrument of Mass Calculation made by Nastulus in Baghdad ca. 900 12 A Pioneer in Anaclastics: Ibn Sahl on Burning Mirrors and Lenses 13 Causality in Islamic Philosophy: The Arguments of Ibn Sina 14 The Astronomy of the Mamluks 15 Arabic Versions and Reediting Apollonius' Conics 16 Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's Revision of Theodosius's Spherics 17 Time, Motion, Distance, and Change in the Kalam of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi: A Preliminary Survey with Special Reference to the Matalib 'Aliyah 18 The Universal Plate Revisited 19 The Solar Eclipse Technique of Yahya b. Abi Mansur 20 Arabic Science in Sixteenth-Century Europe: Guillaume Postel (1510-1581) and Arabic Astronomy PART III: LOOKING FORWARD 21 History of Science at the Beginning of the 21st Century Name Index This four volume series brings together the most important and influential articles dealing with various aspects of the relationship between Islam and science. The studies reflect historical, epistemological and philosophical issues and perspectives, and cover a wide spectrum of subject areas ranging from Islamic perspectives on cosmology and biological evolution to the relationship between the Qur'an and science, and contemporary issues in many fields where science and religion interact. The series sheds new light on historical links between modern science and the Islamic scientific tradition and also includes special studies on major voices in Islam and science discourse. Each volume in the series is thematically arranged, which makes clear the developments in various sub areas of the Islam and science nexus, and includes an introduction which presents an overview of the current status of research in the field. This series constitutes a comprehensive reference resource for libraries and academic researchers interested in all aspects of the Islam and science discourse