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Science in Islam
URL: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/scienceislam/

Description:
"This exhibition brings together a number of objects of Islamic origin that provide insight into some of the achievements of Islamic science." Scientific areas addressed include astronomy (celestial globe and astrolabe), trade and travel (compass and qibla indicator, used for finding the direction of Mecca), and mathematics and geometry (algebra and quadrant). From the Museum of History of Science, Oxford, England.

LII Topics: Faiths, Islam, Religion, Religion & Science

Publisher:
Museum of History of Science

Extra Keywords
Persia

LII Database Information:
Record 24756 created by Maria Brandt on 10/22/2007
Last modification on 08/18/2008
Published: 08/27/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24756

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