Science and Islam: A History

This enlightening and enthralling book charts a religious empire's scientific heyday, its intellectual demise and the numerous debates that now surround it. Between the 8th and 14th centuries, scholars and researchers working in Islamic territories pushed the boundaries of knowledge in astronomy, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine, philosophy and more. They invented clocks and cameras, discovered how blood circulates, created algebra, and even found time to debate the origins of life. Science journalist Ehsan Masood describes the circumstances which created this revolution in scientific thinking, the places where they occurred, the scientists themselves and their awe-inspiring achievements. This eye-opening, enjoyable book, which complements and builds on the BBC television series, should be essential reading for anyone keen to explore science's hidden history and its contribution to the making of the modern world.