Science and technology in early modern Islam, c.1450-c.1850

The course of Islamic science and technology used to be portrayed as a play in four acts. From around 750 to 950 CE, translators made available the wisdom of Ancient Greece. Scholars of the ‘golden age’ elaborated a little on this legacy, before transmitting it to Christendom. …Only in the twentieth century did Muslims enter the brave new world of universal science and technology. Almost every element of this standard tale has lately been challenged. A few aspects of Islamic scientific endeavour seemingly date back to the time of the Prophet, early in the seventh century.

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