An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

NASR, Seyyed Hossein (Preface by H.A.R. This book is a translation of the autobiography of the celebrated Muslim scholar and theologian Nasir al-Din Tusi (d. From the ninth century on, scholars traveled from one end of the .. The term cosmology derives from Greek language 'kosmos' means universe and logy is study of the universe in its totality where the human life in it. Conceptions of Nature and Methods Used for its Study by the Ikhwan Al-Safa, Al-Biruni, and Ibn Sina. Historically, Arabs and Persians who were interested in explaining the natural world around them first introduced Greek scientific treatises to the Arabic-speaking world during the eighth century. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. Philosophy and Science in the Islamic World. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978. An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines. The concept of science in Islam is a vast subject. Download PDF version of Introduction (195 KB).