Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study
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Title
Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study
Description
Includes chapter on medicine, occult science and agriculture.
Creator
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Contributor
Photographs by Roland Michaud
Table Of Contents
I: The general background -- 1. Islam and the rise of the Islamic sciences -- 2. The Islamic educational system -- II: The Islamic sciences: the qualitative study of the universe -- 3. Cosmology, cosmography and geography -- 4. Natural history: geology -- mineralogy -- botany -- zoology -- III: The cosmos and its mathematical study -- 5. Mathematics -- 6. Astronomy and astrology -- 7. Physics -- IV: The applied sciences -- 8. Medicine and pharmacology -- 9. Alchemy and other occult sciences -- 10. Agriculture and irrigation -- V: Man in the universe -- 11. Man and the natural environment -- 12. Man in the cosmic order.
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Citation
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, “Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study,” Humanities Hub, accessed December 31, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/1582.