Recent historical research and new perspectives on the Islamic scientific tradition.

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 n

The rise and fall of the Islamic scientific tradition, and the relationship of Islamic science to European science during the Renaissance. The Islamic scientifi

From Musa al-Khwarizmi who developed algebra in 9th century Baghdad to al-Jazari, a 13th-century Turkish engineer whose achievements include the crank, the cams

Dedicated to Getzel M. Cohen, a leading expert in Seleucid history, this volume gathers 45 contributions on Seleucid history, archaeology, numismatics, politica