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WEEK 3 READINGS:(TO BE COMPLETED FOR WEEK 3 CLASS ON JANUARY 21):

-Write short summary for item 1, 2/3 together and 4. One does not need to be written for the wiki reading.

1. Situating Arabic Science by A.I Sabra.   Available from “http://www.jstor.org/pss/235197.”
2. When Did Islamic Science Die? by Jamil Ragep. Available from “http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/Viewpoint_ragep.pdf.”
3. 1000 Years of Missing History by Salim Al-Hassani. Available from http://www.isgm.net/Topics/1000%20years%20of%20missing%20history.pdf.
4. Read Wikipedia Article for Science in Medieval Islam. Available from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_medieval_Islam#Historiography_of_Islamic_science. (Read sections 1″Overview” and 7″Historiography” and any two of sections 4-6.”
5. Optional:Nusri’s Ideas on Scientific Development in Muslim Countries. Available from: http://74.125.155.132/scholar?q=cache:4I3TFvZlrH4J:scholar.google.com/+miracle+of+Islamic+science&hl=en&as_sdt=2000.

WEEK 4 READINGS(TO BE COMPLETED FOR JANUARY 28):

1. Chapter1,2,3 in Science and Islam
2. Optional:Ahmed Dallal Chapter in The Oxford History of Islam. Available at Koerner Reserve.
3. Optional: Muslim Philosophy and The Sciences. by Alnoor Dhanani. Available from:  http://www.iis.ac.uk/SiteAssets/pdf/Muslim%20Philosophy%20and%20the%20Sciences%20-%20Alnoor%20Dhanani%20-%20Muslim%20Almanac%20-1996.pdf
4. Optional:Islamic Science as a Scientific Research Program. By Adi Setia. Available from: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133405300.html.
5. Optional: A Pioneer Arabic Encyclopedia of the Sciences: Al Khwarizmi’s Keys of the Sciences. By C.E Bosworth. Available from: http://www.jstor.org/pss/228730

WEEK 5 READINGS:Tranlstion Movement and Engineering Readings

1. The Function of Mechanical Devices in Medieval Muslim Societies. By G. Saliba. Available from: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119510679/abstract/
2. Islam at the Center: Technological Complexes and the Roots of Modernity. By E. Burke III. Omit sections on Writing/Technology Complex and Mathematical/Cosmological Complex. Available from: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_world_history/v020/20.2.burke.pdf
3. Shining Light upon Light. By Yasmin Khan. Available from: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v458/n7235/full/458149a.html#a1
4. Medieval Islamic Translation. Available from: http://www.linguaset.com/index.php?/medieval-arabic-translation.html.

Week 6 Readings: Math and Pharmacology

1.Mathematics section in Ahmed Dallal Chapter, Oxford History of Islam. Accesible through media library when logged in.

2.Chapter 5: “Mathematics and Philosophy in Medieval Islam.”  The Enterprise of Science in Islam by Gerhard Endress. Read introductory paragraphs and section entitled :The Transmission of Philosophy Through Science. Available from: http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_AUtLNtg3nsC&oi=fnd&pg=PA121&dq=Math+%2B+Islam+%2B+Analysis+&ots=kOK6AtefD2&sig=cpA4tRO_mrRoC8oy8euV1Nt7idU#v=onepage&q=&f=false.

3.Islam Pharmacology in the Middle Ages: Theories and Substances. By Danielle Jacquart. Available from : http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1888680.

4.A Short History of Islamic Pharmacy. By David Tchsanz. Available from: http://www.ishim.net/ishimj/3/03.pdf.

Week 7 Readings: Geography and Astronomy

1.Muslim Geographic Thought and the Influence of Greek Philosophy By A.H Siddiqui. Available from:  http://www.springerlink.com/content/xj325432m73r8220/

2.Mapping the World. By S.O. Alhasbi. Available from: http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?articleID=217.

3.A Review on Muslim Contribution to Astronomy. By Salah Zaimeche. http://www.muslimheritage.com/uploads/ACF2C28.pdf

Week 8: Medicine and Optics

1.The Practice of Surgery in Islamic Lands: Myth and Reality. By Emille Savage-Smith. Available from: http://shm.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/13/2/307

2.Al-Razi and Islamic Medicine in the 9th Century. By Selma Tibi. Available From: http://www.jrsm.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/99/4/206

3.Al-Haytham the Man of Expirience. By R.Gorrini. Available from:http://www.ishim.net/ishimj/not%20used/not%20used/JISHIM%20VOL.2%20NO.4%20PDF.pdf#page=58-

4.A Foundation of Western Opthamology in Medeival Islamic Medicine. By Daren Lin. Available from: http://www.uwomeds.com/uwomj/V78n /A%20Foundation%20of%20Western%20Ophthalmology%20in%20Medieval%20Islamic%20Medicine.pdf.

Week 9:Islamic Bioethics

1.Chapter 1 in Muslim Ethics by Amyn Sajoo. Sent out to class.

2.Chapter 4 in Iqbal text.(Optional)

Week 10: Chemistry and Psychology

1.From Alchemy to Chemistry http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics/default.cfm?articleID=597

2.The Makers of Chemistry. by H.J Eric. Read Chapter 16, “The Rise of Islam,” and Chapter 25 “General Review of Muslim Chemistry. Available at: http://books.google.ca/books?id=PKMkGorh4E0C&lpg=PR3&dq=makers%20of%20chemistry&lr=&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=&f=false

3.Ibn Sina: Psychology and Psychological Disorders. By Cerić I and Mehić-Basara N. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9324566.

4.Arabic and Islamic Psychology and Philosophy of Mind. Available From: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arabic-islamic-mind/.

Week 11:

1.Question Is…? Myths and Fallacies Surrounding the Decline of Muslim Civlization. by Salah Zaimeche. Available from: http://www.muslimheritage.com/uploads/QuestionIs2.pdf

2.Chapter 5 from Iqbal text.

3.Optional: Copernicus and His Islamic Predecessors. by Jamil Ragep. Available from: http://docserver.ingentaconnect.com/deliver/connect/shp/00732753/v45n1/s3.pdf?expires=1269469342&id=55814405&titleid=75001849&accname=University+of+British+Columbia+Library&checksum=5B98B593E85841F3AD3FC64429611859.

4.Optional: The Fate of Islamic Science between the Eleventh and Sixtennth Centuries. by M. Abdalla. Available from: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?contentType=Article&Filename=/published/emeraldfulltextarticle/pdf/1240200303.pdf

Week 12:

1.Chapter 6 in Iqbal

2.Orientalism and the Study of Islamic Philosophy. by Mushin Mahdi. Available from: http://jis.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/1/1/73