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Publishing Date
January 1, 1976
Language
English
ISBN
1567443125
Page Count
290
Publisher
Kazi Publications, Inc.
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This is the first illustrated study of the whole of Islamic science ever undertaken. Basing himself on the traditional Islamic concept of science and its transmission and classification, the author discusses various branches of the Islamic sciences. The author then turns to the application of the Islamic sciences to such domains as medicine, pharmacology, alchemy, agriculture, and various forms of technology. In the fina section of the work, the author discusses the role of the human being in the universe. The book combines an account of the morphology and brief history of the various sciences with illustrations drawn from sources spread throughout the Islmaic world. Contains over 160 color photographs.

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Arabic: محمد السويس ي، تونس، دارالجنوب للنشر، 1978/1399 العّلوم في الاسلام" دراسة مصورة، نقلة الي العربية، مختار الجوهري، حقق النص العربي.
Turkish: İslam ve İlim. Trans. İlhan Kutluer. Istanbul: İnsan Yayınları, 1989.
Persian: علم در اسلام"، ترجمۀ احمد آرام، تهران، سروش، 1366.
Arabic (Revised Edition): "العلوم في الاسلام"، راجعه جعفر صادق الخليلي و حسين فقيه عبداللهي، تهران، معهد العلوم الانسانيۀ و الدراسات الثقافيۀ، 2004.

Islamic Science: An Illustrated Study

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

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