Science in the Medieval World: "Book of the Categories of Nations" - Couverture souple

Al-Andalusi, Sa`id

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0292704690 ISBN 13 : 9780292704695

Editeur : University of Texas Press, 1996

Synopsis

During the Middle Ages, a thriving center for learning and research was Muslim Spain, where students gathered to consult Arabic manuscripts of earlier scientific works and study with famous teachers. One of these teachers was Sa'id al-Andalusi, who in 1068 wrote Kitab Tabaqat al-'Umam, or "Book of the Categories of Nations," which recorded the contributions to science of all known nations. Today, it is one of few surviving medieval Spanish Muslim texts, and this is its first English translation.

Science ('ulum), as used by Sa'id and other scholars of that period, is a broad term covering virtually all aspects of human knowledge. After initial discussions of the categories of nations that did or did not cultivate science, Sa'id details the specific contribution of nine nations or peoples-India, Persia, Chaldea, Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Arab Orient, al-Andalus, and the Hebrews. He includes the names of many individual scientists and scholars and describes their various contributions to knowledge, making his book a significant work of reference as well as history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sema'an I. Salem is Professor of Physics at California State University, Long Beach. Alok Kumar is Associate Professor of Physics at State University of New York, Oswego.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Texas Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0292704690
• ISBN 13: 9780292704695
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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