Islam and Science : The Intellectual Career of Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi

ISBN-13: 9780415772341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 312 str.

Morrison Robert; Robert G. Morrison

Opis

Examining the work of Iranian scholar Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi, this book attempts to explain the cross-fertilization of scientific and religious thought in Islamic civilization. It also examines the relationship between the metaphysics of Nisaburi's science, and statements he made in his Qur'an commentary and in other non-scientific writings.

Recenzje

'Islam and Science, is the first important study of the works of Nizam al-Din al-A'raj al-Nisaburi (1270-1330), an Iranian polymath born in Nishapur to a Shi'i family.]...[Morrisson's book is most interesting and should attract the attention of all scholars interested in Islamic thought. To the best of my knowledge, it is the first serious appraoch to the historical interactions between science and Islam.]...[The book can be read without too much knowledge of the technical astronomy. The volume is well presented with a complete chronology of al-Nisaburi's works. ' - Julio Samso, International Journal of Middle East Studies. 42 (2010)

Spis treści

1. Nishapur in the Wake of the Mongol Conquests  2. Religious Motivations for Nisaburi's Early Work on Observational Astronomy  3. Nisaburi and Critical Questions of Kalim  4. The Heavens Subjugated to God  5. The Principles of Astronomy are those of Jurisprudence  6. The Role of Science in the Portrayals of Nature in Nisaburi's Qur'an Commentary  7. The Role of the Esoteric

O autorze

Robert Morrison is Assistant Professor of Religion at Whitman College, USA