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Figure 1: 15th-century European portrait of "Geber", the Latin name of Jabir ibn Hayyan: in Codici Ashburnhamiani 1166, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence (image in the public domain).
The Advent of Scientific Chemistry
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Until recently, the mainstream history of scientific ideas has failed to acknowledge numerous Islamic...
Figure 1: Front cover of Medieval Islamic Economic Thought: Filling the 'Great Gap' in European Economics, edited by S.M. Ghazanfar (Routledge and Curzon, 2003).
A ‘Gap-Filling’ Book on Islamic Economic Thought
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This book is a collection of previously-published papers on the origins of economic thought discovered in the...
Figure 1: A Turkish notebank due to be circulated in January 2009 celebrating the legacy of Aydin Sayili. 5 TL banknote: Prof. Dr. Aydin Sayili.
In Memoriam of Aydin Sayili: Biography and Account of his Scientific Activity
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The following article presents a thorough intellectual biography of the late Aydin Sayili, the well known...
Figure 1: Pi, symbol and value.
Glimpses in the History of A Great Number: Pi in Arabic Mathematics
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The Greek letter pi (symbolized by p) is defined as the ratio of the circumference of the circle to its...
Arabic and the Art of Printing
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In this special section reproduced from Aramco World (issue March/April 1981), distinguished authors cover...
A Bibliography of the Islamic and Chinese Scientific Relationships in Classical Times
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In the following bibliography of the Islamic and Chinese scientific relationships in classical times, a list...
