SCIENCE IN EARLY ISLAMIC CULTURE, George Beshore

Judul/Title: Science in Early Islamic Culture
Penulis/Author: George Beshore
Penerbit/Publisher: A First Book
Edisi/Edition: 1988
Halaman/Pages: 69
Dimensi/Dimension: 18.5 x 22 x 1cm
Sampul/Cover: Hardcover
Bahasa/Language: English
Kategori/Category: Sewa, Jual, Tukar/Rent, Sale, Exchange
Harga/Price: Rp. 150.000,-

Call No.: 2X6/Bes/s/C.1
Status: Ada/Available

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The future of science in the Western world looked dim as the sixth century A.D drew to a close. People seemed to have lost interest in searching for knowledge about the nature of the world around them, which is the main purpose of science.

It seemed questionable whether civilization itself could long endure. The great Greek and Egyptian cultures lay in ruins. Rome, the last bastion of learning in the West, had fallen to the barbarians from Nothern Europe in 476 A.D. Throughout the Western world the lamp of enlightment was flickering dangerously. It seemed possible that its glow might be snuffed out forever.

This situation would soon be changed by events occurring far from the ancient centers of power in Greece and Rome. About 570 A.D. (the exact date is unknown) a child named Mohammed was born in the town of Mecca in Arabia. No one could foresee that this boy, whose parents died by the time he was six years old, would become the leader of a movement that would conquer the ancient empires of Persia and Egypt and spread its domination all the way from India to the Atlantic Ocean.