Science and Technology in the Islamic World: Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liège, 20-26 July 1997) Vol. XXI (de Diversis Artibus)

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of current researches on science in the Muslim-Arab world. The papers deal with the religious and institutional context, mathematics, optics, astronomy, mechanics, natural philosophy, and pharamacology.The present volume also includes a general author index of the 21 volumes that make up the proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science.