Islam and Science: The Intellectual Career of Nizam Al-Din Al Nisaburi (Culture & Civilization in the Middle East) (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Islam and Science: The Intellectual Career of Nizam Al-Din Al Nisaburi (Culture & Civilization in the Middle East) (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East) Book

In examining the work of eminent fourteenth century Iranian Shiite scholar Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi, this book is the first rigorous attempt to explain the cross-fertilization of scientific and religious thought in Islamic civilization. Nisaburi did not consider himself a scientist alone, being commissioned by his patrons to work in a variety of fields. Islam and Science examines in detail the relationship between the metaphysics of Nisaburi's science, and statements he made in his Qur'an commentary and in other non-scientific writings. Sources suggest that Nisaburi was inspired to begin his scientific career by the inclusion of basic science in a religious (madrasa) education. By mid-career, he had found methodological similarities between theoretical astronomy and Islamic read more...
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