During the Golden Age of Islam (seventh through seventeenth
centuries A.D.), Muslim philosophers and poets, artists and
scientists, princes and laborers created a unique culture that has
influenced societies on every continent. This book offers a fully
illustrated, highly accessible introduction to an important aspect
of that culture--the scientific achievements of medieval Islam.
Howard Turner opens with a historical overview of the spread of
Islamic civilization from the Arabian peninsula eastward to India
and westward across northern Africa into Spain. He describes how a
passion for knowledge led the Muslims during their centuries of
empire-building to assimilate and expand the scientific knowledge
of older cultures, including those of Greece, India, and China. He
explores medieval Islamic accomplishments in cosmology,
mathematics, astronomy, astrology, geography, medicine, natural
sciences, alchemy, and optics. He also indicates the ways in which
Muslim scientific achievement influenced the advance of science in
the Western world from the Renaissance to the modern era. This
survey of historic Muslim scientific achievements offers students
and general readers a window into one of the world's great
cultures, one which is experiencing a remarkable resurgence as a
religious, political, and social force in our own time.
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