The Oxford encyclopedia of philosophy, science, and technology in Islam /

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Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
©2015
Description:1 online resource : illustrations.
Language:English
Arabic
Series:Oxford Islamic world encyclopedia series
Oxford Islamic world encyclopedia series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12645294
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Other authors / contributors:Kalın, İbrahim, editor.
ISBN:9780199812585
0199812586
9780199358441
0199358443
9780199812578
0199812578
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Text in English; phrases and excerpts in Arabic.
Online resource; title from home page (viewed April 24, 2015).
Summary:"Based on the 2009 publication 'The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World', this work includes complete coverage of Islamic philosophy, sciences, and technologies from the classical to the contemporary period. Containing scholarly overviews of the thinkers, movements, instruments, theories, institutions, processes, events, and historical developments related to Islamic classical history and the contemporary quest for knowledge, this encyclopaedia provides scholars and advanced students with in-depth surveys on the most important issues in the study of these topics, serving as the authoritative reference work on this important area of research."--Home page.
Other form:Print version: Oxford encyclopedia of philosophy, science, and technology in Islam. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014 9780199358434