New Perspectives on the History of Islamic Science

Download or read book New Perspectives on the History of Islamic Science written by Muzaffar Iqbal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.