Science and civilization in Islam / by Seyyed Hossein Nasr ; with a preface by Giorgio de Santillana.
Edizione:
2. ed
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge : The Islamic texts society, 2003.
Descrizione fisica:
XVI, 388 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Contiene:
Indice parziale: 1. The universal figures of Islamic science 2. The basis of the teaching system and the educational institutions 3. Cosmology, cosmography, geography and natural history 4. Physics 5. Mathematics 6. Astronomy 7. Medicine 8. The sciences of man 9. The alchemical tradition 10. Islamic alchemy and its influence in the western world 11. Philosophy
