Medieval Islamic World; An Intellectual History of Science and Politics

ISBN-13: 9781433151859 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 284 str.

Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul

Opis

Medieval Islamic World serves to address the history of rationalist inquiry within scholarly institutions in medieval Islamic societies, surveying developments in the field of medicine, political theory, and the scientific disciplines of astronomy, chemistry, physics and mechanics as led by medieval Muslim scholarship.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments - Abstracts and Keywords - Introduction - Characteristics of the Islamic Civilization - Islamic Characteristics of Scientific Trends - Qur anic Experimental Method - The Elements of the Scientific Experimental Method in the Qur an - Human Reasoning (al-qiyas) - The Impact of Islamic Medicine on Modern Civilization and Islamic Scientific Heritage of Medicine and Pharmacy - The Impact of Islamic Political Theory on Modern Civilization - Classical Muslim Scholars' Contribution to the Fields of Astronomy,Geography, Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering (Ilm al-Hiyal) - Glossary - About the Author - Index.

O autorze

Dr. Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul (Ph.D., McGill University) is Associate Professor at Khalifa University. Among his many published articles and books are Formation of Islamic Jurisprudence (2016), Islamic History and Law (2016), and International Treaties (Mu'ahadat) in Islam (2008).