A new book Muslim Contributions to Sciences by noted Canadian author Zakaria Virk is now available online (pdf) . Muslim contributions in the following disciplines have been discussed at length with pertinent diagrams and maps. Contents of the book are as follows:
Chapter 1 Muslim Contributions to Opthalmology 5
Chapter 2 Muslim Contributions to Pharmacy 20
Chapter 3 Muslim Contributions to Mathematics and Astronomy 26
Chapter 4 Golden Age of Islamic Medicine 44
Chapter 5 Zakariya al-Razi – The Arab Galen 62
Chapter 6 Ibn al-Haitham – Father of Optics 79
Chapter 7 Medical Breakthroughs in Islamic Medicine
Chapter 8 Hospitals and Health Care in Medieval Islam 95
Chapter 9 Scientists and Scholars of Islamic Renaissance 106
Chapter 10 Islamic Influence on European Science 113
Chapter 11 Science in India during the Muslim rule 141
Chapter 12 Muslim Contributions to European Awakening 151
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It also includes few photographs of famous people: PM Justin Trudeau, Hamid Akhtar, Prof. Syed Hossein Nasr and Nobel Laureate Prof. Abdus Salam.