Ibn Zuhr and the Progress of Surgery
This study of the original Arabic edition of the book Al-Taysir fi ‘l-Mudawat wa’l-Tadbir (Book of Simplification Concerning Therapeutics and
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Muslim Heritage
Embedding Scientific Ideas as a Mode of Science Transmission
Introduction At a different occasion I had attempted to survey the results that have already been reached regarding the transmission
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Islamic Sacred Geography and Finding the Qibla by the Sun and Stars
In spite of ample documentation, it is not generally known that in historical Islamic civilization, astronomy was practiced at two
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Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilization – Science, Medicine and Politics
While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and literature, there are also studies
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Development of Astronomy in Ottomans
Generally, it is possible to study the development of astronomy in the Ottomans in three periods; The astronomy from the
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The Science of Al-Biruni
1. Introduction George Sarton, the founder of the History of Science discipline, defined al-Biruni as “one of the very greatest
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White Supremacism and Islamic Astronomy in History of Astronomy Texts from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day
1. Arabic Astronomy In Eighteenth And Nineteenth-Century European Thought (Figure 1. Adam Smith (1723-1790) and Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) Source: Ibn
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