علوم اليونان وسبل انتقالها إلى العرب

by De Lacy O'Leary, لاسي أوليري, وهيب كامل (Translator)

The history of science is one of knowledge being passed from community to community over thousands of years, and this is the classic account of the most influential of these movements -- how Hellenistic science passed to the Arabs where it took on a new life and led to the development of Arab astronomy and medicine, which flourished in the courts of the Muslim world and later passed on to medieval Europe. Starting with the rise of Hellenism in Asia in the wake of the campaigns of Alexander the Great, O'Leary deals with the Greek legacy of science, philosophy, mathematics, and medicine and follows it as it travels across the Near East propelled by religion, trade, and conquest. Dealing in depth with Christianity as a Hellenizing force, the influence of the Nestorians and the Monophysites, Indian influences by land and sea, and the rise of Buddhism, O'Leary then focuses on the development of science during the Baghdad Khalifate, the translation of Greek scientific material into Arabic, and the effect it had on the history of medicine, science, and historical geography, as well as the history of the Arab world.

Genres: History, Science, Islam, History Of Science

Paperback

First published December 31, 1973

Reviews

[So Hakim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally published in 1949, the book is still useful, but some information is dated. One instance is the claim about Jundi-shapur center of translation. While the core is true -- that it played quite important role -- more recent research has shown that there were alternative routes of Greco-Arabic science transmission.

Complement with: Dimitri Gutas' 1998 Greek Thought, Arabic Culture , which deals with precisely the same topic. Note that the Gutas' book is more scholarly and not-as-easy-to-read as this one.

[محمد عطبوش · Rating 4 out of 5]

أهم ما فيه حديثه عن مدرسة جنديسابور الطبية ودور النساطرة فيها

[Wahyu Awaludin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sebenarnya buku ini bagus untuk ukuran zaman terbitnya (1949). Cuma pasca 2010 banyak penelitian yang bahas soal transmisi ilmu dari yunani ke dunia islam dan beberapa poin disini jadi kurang valid gitu. Tapi secara keseluruhan bagus kok.

Actually, this book is good for the time it was published (1949). It's just that after 2010 there are many studies that discuss the transmission of knowledge from Greece to the Islamic world and some points here become less valid. But overall it's good.

[dedeh handayani]

baca online --> http://www.aina.org/books/hgsptta.htm