Mathematics, Magic and Mongols: the forces that shaped medieval Islamic astronomy
Yusuf Tayara
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- Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (2012 - 4th edition) – an introduction to the History of Science
- Thomas Kuhn, The Copernican Revolution – a good but slightly outdate introduction to the field of the History and Philosophy of Science
- Hossein Nasar, Science and Civilisation in Islam – Important text in the field of the history and philosophy of science in the Islamic world
- Hossein Nasar, Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance – another important text in the field of the history and philosophy of science in the Islamic world
- Alain George, The Umayyad Mosque – on the archaeological and art history of the mosque
- Simon Schaffer and Steve Shapin, Leviathan and the Air Pump – A general and very good book on the broader history of science
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