Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance
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First Statement of Responsibility
\ George Saliba
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Cambridge, Mass.
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: MIT Press
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, 2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xi, 315 p.
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:ill.
SERIES
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Transformations
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Index
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The Islamic scientific tradition : question of beginnings I -- The Islamic scientific tradition : question of beginnings II -- Encounter with the Greek scientific tradition -- Islamic astronomy defines itself : the critical innovations -- Science between philosophy and religion : the case of astronomy -- Islamic science and Renaissance Europe : the Copernican connection -- Age of decline : the fecundity of astronomical thought.