The Attraction of Ibn al-Haytham’s Optics
The Optics (kitāb al-Manāzir or Perspectiva/De aspectibus of Abū ʿAlī ibn…
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How African Muslims “Civilized Spain”
The Moors invaded Spain in 711 AD and African Muslims…
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Memory and Erasure in the Story of the West: Or, Where have All the Muslims Gone?
This a transcript of a lecture delivered on November 13,…
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Al-Andalus, a Bridge Between Arabic and European Science
The purpose of this paper is to outline the conditions…
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An Untold Story: The Important Contributions of Muslim Scholars for the Understanding of Human Anatomy
It is usually assumed that Galen is one of the…
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Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilisation: Science, Medicine and Politics
While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim…
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Embedding Scientific Ideas as a Mode of Science Transmission
I used the discipline of astronomy as a template to…
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From Baghdad to Barcelona: The Anxiety of Influence in the Transmission of the Greek and Arabic Sciences
Drawing on Harold Bloom’s model of poetic influence and supersession…
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Professor Devin Stewart: The Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadīm and the Transmission of Knowledge in the Islamic World
On Wednesday 22nd April, a public lecture exploring “The Fihrist…
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Kerala Mathematics and Its Possible Transmission to Europe
The Kerala School of astronomy and mathematics was an Indian…
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Arabic Roots of the Scientific Revolution
It is well known nowadays that modern Scientific Revolution benefited…
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The European Muslim Heritage and its Role in the Development of Europe
In a keynote lecture pronounced by Professor Salim T S…
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The Origins of Islamic Science
In the following well documented article Dr Muhammad Abdul Jabbar…
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The Transfer of Science Between India, Europe and China via Muslim Heritage
[Proceedings of the conference 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our…
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Muslim Contributions to Modern Civilisation
Dr Salim Ayduz, researcher at FSTC, presented on Tuesday 9…
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One Thousand Years of Missing History
The following essay aims to alert communities as to the…
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Mont Saint-Michel or Toledo: Greek or Arabic Sources for Medieval European Culture?
In a recent book, Sylvain Gouguenheim has caused a furore…
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A Plea for the Recovery of the Forgotten History of Muslim Heritage
This is a review of the book published in 2007…
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It’s Time to Herald the Arabic Science That Prefigured Darwin and Newton
In this era of intolerance and cultural tension, Professor Al-Khalili…
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Remembering the Language of History and Science: When the World Spoke Arabic
Two shows are expected to be broadcast on BBC Four…
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A Bibliography of the Islamic and Chinese Scientific Relationships in Classical Times
In the following bibliography of the Islamic and Chinese scientific…
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Ottoman Contributions to Science and Technology
The Ottoman contribution to science and technology during their six…
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Tracing the Impact of Latin Translations of Arabic Texts on European Society
In this article, Professor Charles Burnett, a world expert in…
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Innovation in the Islamic World: Learning from the Past to Design the Future
The seat of the World Bank in Paris hosted on…
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Bringing to Life the Islamic History of Europe: A Video Documentary
The video documentary produced by the BBC in 2005 An…
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Tentative Global Timeline of Contacts between the World of Islam and Western Europe: 7th -20th Cent.
The following timeline presents a survey of Muslim presence in…
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The History of Scientific Interaction
The evolution of world politics since the last decade of…
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The Arabic Sources of Jordanus de Nemore
The following article by Professors Menso Folkerts and Richard Lorch,…
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Rediscovering Arabic Science: Islamic Scientific Heritage in the last issue of Saudi Aramco World
In its current issue (May-June 2007), Saudi Aramco World, a…
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The Syriac-speaking Christians and the Translation of Greek Science into Arabic
This article by Professor John Healey, describes the key role…
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How Islam Inspired Scientific Advance
The impact of Islam permeated so many spheres of knowledge…
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The Emergence of Scientific Tradition in Islam
The definition and nature of science has long been an…
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Transfer of Modern Science and Technology to the Ottoman State
This article will provide a short introduction to the history…
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The Impact of Islamic Science and Learning on England: Adelard of Bath and Daniel of Morley
Most certainly the first English scientist ever was Adelard of…
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Turkish Contributions to Scientific Work in Islam
Turks have played an active part in the pursuit of…
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Salerno and Constantine the African
Salerno came to prominence as the first faculty-University of the…
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Recommended Reading for Understanding the Impact of Muslim Science on the West
Amongst the English writing authors who can enlighten the reader…
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Misconceptions about Islamic and Greek Science
According to some, heritage was lost during the Dark Ages…
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The Impact of Translations of Muslim Sciences on the West
Scholars from all Christian lands rushed to translate Muslim science,…
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The Role of the Crusades in the transfer of Islamic science to the West
Local builders employed by the Crusaders revealed the solutions to…
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The Role of Sicily in the transfer of Islamic Science to the West
The role of Sicily in the transfer of Muslim science…
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Aspects of Influence of Muslim Science on the West
To go through the Islamic impact on modern science and…
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The Impact of Islamic Learning: The spread of Arabic scientific literature to Europe
Paul Tannery said of geometry of the eleventh century in…
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Introduction to Muslim Science
Whilst the period of Antiquity, the time of Greco-Roman civilisation,…
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