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Science in Medieval Islam
Natural History, Nov, 1997
Science in Medieval Islam By Howard R. Turner (University of Texas Press, 1997, $40, illus.)
In its empire-building period (from the seventh to the seventeenth centuries), Islamic culture assimilated and expanded upon other peoples' scientific traditions to produce tremendous accomplishments in mathematics, astronomy, geography, medicine, and optics. Turner, a documentary filmmaker, offers an overview.
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