The title of this volume implies two things: the greatness of the scientific tradition that Muslims had lost, and the power of the West, in whose threatening shadow reformers now labored to modernize
This is a study of science in Muslim society from its rise in the 8th century to the efforts of 19th century Muslim thinkers and reformers to regain the lost ethos that had given birth to the rich sci
This is a study of science in Muslim society. The first volume starts at the rise of science in the eighth century and explores the efforts of nineteenth century Muslim thinkers and reformers to regai