Science and civilization in Islam - Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (New York : Barnes & Noble, 1968)
Contents: The universal figures of Islamic science -- The basis of the teaching system and the educational institutions -- Cosmology, cosmography, geography, and natural history -- Physics -- Mathematics -- Astronomy -- Medicine -- The sciences of man -- The alchemical tradition -- Islamic alchemy and its influence in the western world -- Philosophy -- The controversies of philosophy and theology, the later schools of philosophy -- The gnostic tradition.
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Keywords: Science -- Islamic Empire -- History; Islamic civilization; Science, Medieval; Islamic Empire