A collection of twenty-four research papers on various aspects of the transfer of science from the West to the Muslim world throughout history. The introduction reviews someof therecent studies in this field; it isalsoan appraisalof thestateof sciencein theclassicalperiodof the Ottoman State, which covered the greater part of the Muslim world at that time, and the first contacts with Western science.
A collection of twenty-four research papers on various aspects of the transfer of science from the West to the Muslim world throughout history. The introduction reviews someof therecent studies in this field; it isalsoan appraisalof thestateof sciencein theclassicalperiodof the Ottoman State, which covered the greater part of the Muslim world at that time, and the first contacts with Western science.