Science and Islam (Icon Science)

Science journalist Ehsan Masood provides an enlightening and in-depth exploration into an empire's golden age, its downfall and the numerous debates that surround it. SCIENCE AND ISLAM explores the extraordinary circumstances which created this revolution in scientific thinking, the places where they occurred as well as the scientists themselves and their awe-inspiring achievements. It unpacks the debates between scientists, philosophers and theologians on the nature of physical reality and the limits of human reason, and explores the reasons for the decline of advanced science and learning in the Arabic-speaking world.