World History: Cultural Diffusion in the Islamic World: Science, Mathematics, Libraries & Scholarship
Mathematics & Geometric Design
- Indo-Arabic Numbers
Bibliographic information:
Kiely, Robert. "Numbers in the Medieval Arabic World." Numbers: A Cultural History, ABC-CLIO, 2022, pp. 177-179. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX8466100015/GVRL.
- Islamic Mathematics
Bibliographic information:
"Islamic Mathematics." Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
www.csames.illinois.edu/documents/outreach/Islamic_Mathematics.pdf.
Alchemy & Chemistry
- The Alchemy of Mineral Acids
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**Requires GBS ID Number and password for home access** - Alchemy: Islamic Alchemy
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Medicine
- The Medical Influence of Rhazes
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**Requires GBS ID Number and password for home access** - Medicine and Health
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Astronomy & Optical Science
- Arabic AstronomyBibliographic Information:
Kiely, Robert. "Numbers in the Medieval Arabic World." Numbers: A Cultural History, ABC-CLIO, 2022, pp. 186-188. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX8466100015/GVRL.
- Astronomical Tables: Applications and Improvements During the Middle Ages
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- AstrolabeBibliographic Information:
Kiely, Robert. "Numbers in the Medieval Arabic World." Numbers: A Cultural History, ABC-CLIO, 2022, pp. 167-170. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX8466100015/GVRL.
- Al-Hayatham & OpticsBibliographic Information:
Kiely, Robert. "Numbers in the Medieval Arabic World." Numbers: A Cultural History, ABC-CLIO, 2022, pp. 182-184. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX8466100015/GVRL.
- Alhazen's Billiard ProblemNote: Alhazen = Al-Hayatham. This guy is incredibly influential.
Libraries & Scholarship
- House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma)
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**Requires GBS ID Number and password for home access** - TranslatorsBibliographic information:
"Translators" Islamic Philosophy, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1998.
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