Science and Islam

Section :  Religious books

Number of pages: 272 pages

Publishing House: Hamad Bin Khalifa University Publishing House

The book is concerned with the most neglected period in history despite its richness and prosperity in all sciences, that period that is described as a massive scientific revolution that abounded the Islamic world between the years 700 and 1400 AD, and witnessed the innovations of Al-Khwarizmi, the founder of the science of algebra in the ninth century in Baghdad, up to Badi Al-Zaman Al-Jazari, the Turkish engineer in the thirteenth century, who invented many mechanical machines such as the crankshaft, camshaft, and reciprocating piston. Ihsan Masoud weaves the stories of these scholars and others into an engaging narrative that takes the reader on a journey through medieval Islamic empires and their contributions to science in Western Europe.

Book size: 17*24