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Galileo's World Guide: Islamic Civilizations

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Bibliographies

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures by H. Selin (Editor)
Publication Date: 1997

Available in print and as an eBook (2d edition, 2008)
Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415020633

Publication Date: 1996-05-09

Studies

The enterprise of science in Islam : new perspectives
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance by George Saliba
Publication Date: 2011-01-21

Overviews & Introductory Works

The Beginnings of Western Science by David C. Lindberg
Publication Date: 2008-04-01

See Chapter 8: Islamic Science

Primary Source Collections - Modern Editions & Facsimiles

Publications of the Institute of the History of Arabic-Islamic Science
Facsimiles of Arabic scientific and technical treatises