تعليم العلوم وتعلمها في المجتمعات الإسلامية

by Sonja Brentjes (المؤلف), سونيا برينتيس (المؤلف), رضا زيدان (ترجمة)

This book surveys teaching and learning of the mathematical and occult sciences, medicine and natural philosophy in various Islamicate societies between 800 and 1700. It focuses in particular on Egypt and Syria between 1200 and 1600, but looks up also developments in Iran, India, Anatolia, and Iraq. It talks about institutions of teaching and learning such a house and court teachers, madrasas, hospitals, in-family teaching and travelling in search of knowledge and the content of the various sciences taught by or at them. Methods of teaching and learning, teaching bestsellers and their geographical and temporal dissemination, as well as encyclopaedias and literature on the classification of the sciences willbe discussed in further chapters.

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Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Samir Firdovsioglu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent source of information, too much detailed and a lot of information, not an easy reading. One of the positive sides of the book is that the author is cautious in drawing conclusions, she prefers to present the facts and ask questions, rather than drawing distinct and clear conclusions. The picture she portrays differs significantly from what twentieth century historians claimed: never-ending fierce war between islamic sciences and rational sciences, Sonja disagrees, she no longer believes in such a conflict, on the contrary she believes that the case was much more multifaceted and complex.
Definitely recommend the book for those who study and research the history of sciences in the Islamic world.

[Colinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thorough, honest, critical, and dense survey of the teaching and learning of the sciences, focusing on mathematics, astronomy, medicine, philosophy, and to some extent the occult sciences. The book contains interesting images of manuscripts. It is a pity that the author gives the titles of the books she discusses only in English translation.

[Abdullah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful book. Worth reading.

[Arman Firman]

An excellent survey. And, much harder to read than other average books