Re:The geometry of Islamic art becomes a game
by globuous on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:06PM
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We can add to that:
- Medicine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_in_the_medieval_Islam...
- Algebra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_in_medieval_Islam#...
For French speakers out there, I saw a great documentary called something like 'History of the world from a middle eastern point of view' in 2 parts that discusses the islamic golden age and its downfall to the mongols. Apparently Bagdad was the place to be before the Mongols destroyed it.
Re:The geometry of Islamic art becomes a game
by julienchastang on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:53PM
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Quel est le titre du documentaire en question, avec un lien si possible ? Merci d'avance.
This is more accurate. But I think their influence was much more far reaching than just passing on Greek literature:
- Before paper, parchments were used. A bible took 3000 sheep or goat to print.
- They adopted Indian numerals and adapted them to the form we use today. Imagine Copernicus calculating trajectories of planets with Roman numbers.
- Nicolaus Copernicus started his studies using almanacs and tables such as the Alfonsine tables, the tables were originally in Arabic and were collected/translated by Alfonso X of Castile in Toledo. They included observations ranging from the days of Ptolomy onwards.
- Many Western discoveries came from innovations in optics (e.g: telescope, microscope). The Islamic empire did great contributions to the field of optics. They experimented with reflection, refraction, lenses, etc... and that is original work with literature to support it.