marginalizing the contributions of Muslim astronomers like Ibn al-Shatir in favor of European figures like Copernicus. The study is of significant implications to the history of science in the ...

“The ancient Greeks borrow[ed] science and mathematics from the Babylonians ... Sharjah University's Professor of Islamic civilization. “The study of Islamic manuscripts demands specialized ...

Believed to have been invented in ancient Greece at the end of the 3rd century CE ... This generated much enthusiasm for the astrolabe and for Islamic science in general." In 1995, when research for ...

(Credit: Keir Collection of Islamic Art/ Dallas Museum of Art) There was a particular moment in history when no artistic field was immune to the influence of Islamic design, writes Cath Pound.

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had ... both lunar and solar eclipses. The Islamic world became the forefront of ...

The University of Sharjah hosted an astrolabe workshop in which western scientists showed participants how an astronomical instrument made by an ancient ... and for Islamic science in general.” ...