Reflections on Some New Studies on Applied Science in Islamic Societies (8Th-19th Centuries).
Islam & Science 2004, Summer, 2, 1
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Publisher Description
Recent research on Arabic scientific and legal manuscripts, as well as on astronomical instruments, has led to a new understanding of the different ways in which Muslim scholars over many centuries applied scientific methods to determine the times of prayer and the sacred direction (qiblah). Keywords: New studies on the history of Islamic science; qiblah; times of prayer; World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca; The Call of the Muezzin; Instruments of Mass Calculation; The Sacred Geography of Islam; Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science Series.
GENRE
Religion & Spirituality
RELEASED
2004
June 22
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
23
Pages
PUBLISHER
Center for Islam & Science
SELLER
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
SIZE
202.2
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