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Reflections on Some New Studies on Applied Science in Islamic Societies (8th-19th Centuries)

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Recent research on Arabic scientific and legal manuscripts, as well as on astronomical instruments, has led to a new understanding of the different ways in which Muslim scholars over many centuries applied scientific met  (qiblah). 

Keywords:  New studies on the history of Islamic science; qiblah; times of prayer; World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca; The Call of the Muezzin; Instruments of Mass Calculation; The Sacred Geography of Islam; Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science Series. 
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Journal of Islam & Science, Vol. 2 (Summer 2004) No. 1

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David A. King
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Professor of History of Science and Director of the Institute for the History of Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main

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