Science and Technology in Islam: Technology and applied sciences

ISBN-10: 9231038311
ISBN-13: 9789231038310
Category: Islam and science
Pages: 726
Language: English
Published: 2001
Publisher: UNESCO
Author: A. Y. Al-Hassan

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Part II deals with agricultural science, alchemy, chemistry and chemical technology, mining and metallurgy military technology, textiles and manufacturing industries, mechanical technology, civil engineering, navigation and ship-building, medicine and pharmacy. Historians of Islamic science tend to limit their studies to the period up to the 16tb century but, Part II of this volume also deals with the continuation of science and technology in the Ottoman Empire, India and Iran.

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Science and Technology in Islam: The exact and natural sciences
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