SCIENCE AND ISLAM: A HISTORY
Book ID/图书代码： 12844008B29881
English Summary/英文概要： Between the 8th and 15th centuries, scholars and researchers working from Samarkand in modern-day Uzbekistan to Cordoba in Spain advanced our knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine and philosophy to new heights. It was Musa al-Khwarizmi, for instance, who developed algebra in 9th century Baghdad, drawing on work by mathematicians in India; al-Jazari, a Turkish engineer of the 13th century whose achievements include the crank, the camshaft, and the reciprocating piston; ibn Sina, whose textbook Canon of Medicine was a standard work in Europe’s universities until the 1600s. These scientists were part of a sophisticated culture and civilization that was based on belief in God - a picture which helps to scotch the myth of the ’Dark Ages’ in which scientific advance faltered. Science writer Ehsan Masood weaves the story of these and other scientists into a compelling narrative, taking the reader on a journey through the Islamic empires of the middle ages, the cultural and religious circumstances that made this revolution possible, and its contribution to science in Western Europe. He unpacks the debates between scientists, philosophers and theologians on the nature of physical reality and limits to human reason, and explores the many reasons for the eventual decline of advanced science and learning in the Arabic-speaking world. This eye-opening, enjoyable book, which complements and builds on the BBC television series, should be essential reading for anyone keen to explore science’s hidden history and its contribution to the making of the modern world.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 园林艺术﹑地毯﹑蒸馏法﹑饮水玻璃杯﹑天主教堂拱门﹑基督教建筑尖塔和公共医院﹑图书馆等机构都是从伊斯兰教中创造发展而来的！ 本书主要讲述了8-16世纪之间，伊斯兰教帝国所经历的科学革命，这次革命深刻影响了处于黑暗世纪中的欧洲国家，为它们后期的复兴运动做好铺垫。
这段历史期间，宗教和科学有着紧密的联系。换而言之，可以说是正是宗教的需要推动了新科学知识的发展。
这个时候，伊斯兰帝国的的领导者们像今天的政客那样洞悉科学和社会之间的关系。
8至16世纪期间，在现在乌兹别克斯坦撒的马尔罕和西班牙科尔多瓦工作的学者和研究人员将天文学，化学，工程学，数学，医学以及哲学知识理论的发展推到了一个新的顶端。
这样的事例不胜枚举，比如，9世纪时，巴格达的Musa al-Khwarizmi在印度数学的基础上发展了代数学；还有al-Jazari，13世纪的土耳其工程师，他发明了曲柄，凸轮轴，和往复活塞；ibn-Sina所著的教科书Canon of Medicine直至16世纪还在为欧洲大学所沿用。这些科学家们是基于信仰上帝深沉文化和文明的一部分。书中将为我们揭秘欧洲历史上“黑暗世纪”，并告诉我们“科学止步于宗教”这是一种错误的说法。
科学作家Ehsan Masood将各个科学家的故事穿插在一起，带领我们走进中世纪的伊斯兰帝国，并向我们娓娓道来促成伊斯兰帝国科学革命的催化剂—文化和宗教环境以及他们的这一伟大改革对欧洲历史进程的巨大影响。
此外，作者向我们讲述了科学家，哲学家和神学家有关物理现实本质和人类推理受限这一话题的激烈争辩，并深入探究了先进科学研究和学习趋势在阿拉伯语言国家呈下降趋势的原因。(YM)
Awards/获奖情况：’The fruits of the golden age of Islamic science are summarised briskly and engagingly in Ehsan Masood’s Science & Islam, which was written to accompany a recent BBC television series ... Keen to dismantle the myth that Islam is fundamentally opposed to science, and [shows] that the words of Muhammad can be read as obliging rational inquiry.’---Sunday Times ’Why did science and learning decline so rapidly [in the Islamic World]? Ehsan Masood gives a viable answer to this question. Masood’s eminently readable survey of science in Islam fills many gaps in [Jonathan Lyons’] The House of Wisdom by providing the social and political context in which discoveries took place.’---The Times
’A delightful and approachable work, packed with surprises and treats, and offered by a writer whose passion for the subject does not daunt his objectivity’---Wharf
About the Author/作者介绍： Ehsan Masood is Acting Chief Commissioning Editor at Nature and teaches international science policy at Imperial College London. He also writes for Prospect and OpenDemocracy.net and is a regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s Home Planet. Ehsan Masood 是自然科学杂志的署理总代理编辑，同时，作者还在伦敦皇家学院教授国际科学政策。他还为Prospect和OpenDemocracy.net撰写文章，并经常做客BBC Radio 4’s Home Planet小组辩论。
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