Medical Scientists of the Islamic Era (eBook, ePUB) von Abdur Rahim Choudhary

"Scientist of the Islamic Era" is a book series encompassing eight volumes. The present book is volume 2 titled "Medical Scientists of Islamic Era" that covers physicians, nurses, surgeons, herbalists, medical researchers, and medical writers. The period of coverage is part 1 of the Islamic Era, from AD 610 to 1400. Most medical scientists in this book are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary; they also excelled in jurisprudence, hadith, philology, and poetry. They commanded exceptional breadth in their learning and deepest insights in their specializations; thus, they greatly strengthened ...

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"Scientist of the Islamic Era" is a book series encompassing eight volumes. The present book is volume 2 titled "Medical Scientists of Islamic Era" that covers physicians, nurses, surgeons, herbalists, medical researchers, and medical writers. The period of coverage is part 1 of the Islamic Era, from AD 610 to 1400. Most medical scientists in this book are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary; they also excelled in jurisprudence, hadith, philology, and poetry. They commanded exceptional breadth in their learning and deepest insights in their specializations; thus, they greatly strengthened the foundations and expanded the frontiers of fields of knowledge in the Medical Sciences.It is our objective that this second volume in the series will inform the Muslims about the wealth of their scientific heritage, and the next generations will feel inspired to surpass the excellence of their ancestors to enrich their heritage further, and be, like their ancestors, the flag bearers of world civilization regarding the medical sciences. Our objective is also for the academic community to learn the truth about how science grew by leaps and bounds during the Islamic era. The book series shall quench the thirst of the youth, especially in Europe and Americas, to discover the truth about Muslim contributions to the world science, technology, and civilization.Muslims are now excelling in scientific and technology research with superb agility; the books in the series on "Scientists of the Islamic Era" are expected to add impetus to this Renaissance in the Muslim world.The book briefly describes 36 medical scientists of the Islamic Era Part 1 covering from 610 to 1400 AD. Each scientist is briefly described. First, the name of the scientist is disambiguated, and an attempt is made to correct the misrepresentations all too common in the European translations. Salient scientific contributions of each scientist are briefly highlighted, a difficult task because of the fact that most of these scientists were polymaths. For each scientist we have provided a biographical summary to help picture their love and craving for knowledge and the motivations and opportunities for them to do their research.

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