What did Islam do for science?

Answer 1

lots. During the Dark Ages in Europe, intellectual life bloomed in Islamic learning centers in Spain, North Africa and in what's today Syria and Iraq. Greek texts were known and studied. These things were reintroduced to Europe and were major influences leading to the rebirth of European intellectual and artistic life (I mean the Renaissance). Islamic scholars were mathematicians, philosophers, and doctors, and we owe them a great deal of respect.
The word "algebra" is a corrupted form of an Islamic scholar's name, as is "algorythm". Unfortunately these people are treated as footnotes in a Survey of Western History class. The Islamic world has a long and distinguished legacy of academic and scientific excellence.

Answer 2

Islamic countries are not very productive in terms of science today. Whether this is to blame on Islam as such, I dono. I'm a scientist myself and I have many colleagues that are moslem. I don't think their religion makes it easier or more difficult to work as a scientist.

I agree with $0.02 that Islam contributed a lot to the Renaissance of European thinking after the dark middle ages. Not only the Moors but also Egyptian, Iraqian, Indian, Persian and Turkish philosophers and scientists did a lot for science in those days - medicine, algebra, astronomy and our number system have been mentioned by others. Also Arabic economics deserves to be mentioned.

Answer 3

Islam does not go with science or feminism. Islam says men can beat their wives and women are worth half as men. Islam says the sun sets in a murky pool of water.

Answer 4

i dont think the question is right. division never got people anywhere. how about what have people done for science. islam is jsut a section of those people. its a collective effort when it comes to science. not some group. who cares. we all live under the same rules.

Answer 5

Science as we know it, relying on experimental results and proof, started with Galileo and he came after the Muslims declined into religious obscurantism.

The Muslim Arabs however did contribute to knowledge in Astronomy and Algebra and I believe they introduced the zero into Mathematics, a very important concept.

Answer 6

The Quran describes a human embryo with detailed description. It explains the different stages that an unborn child goes through with extreme accuracy These processes are microscopic as you may well know there where no microscopes when the Quran was written.

We created man from an extract of clay. Then We made him as a drop in a place of settlement, firmly fixed. Then We made the drop into an alaqah (leech, suspended thing, and blood clot), then We made the alaqah into a mudghah (chewed substance)…” (Quran 23:12-14)

check out this web site
http://www.islamicmedicine.org/embryoengtext.htm“We created

Answer 7

Religion doesnt serve science. Its is the enemy of science. Not just islam, but all religion.

"There is no harmony between religion and science. When science was a child, religion sought to strangle it in the cradle. Now that science has attained its youth, and superstition is in its dotage, the trembling, palsied wreck says to the athlete: 'Let us be friends.' It reminds me of the bargain the c0ck wished to make with the horse: 'Let us agree not to step on each other's feet.'"
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899)

Answer 8

Quite literally zero... I mean the number zero. Europeans did not understand the concept of "zero" till the Moors invaded Southern Europe. The Arabs use a dot to represent zero, but they couldn't get the concept across to Europeans, so they drew a circle with nothing in it..."0" or Zero.... Without it, we'd still be counting on our fingers.

Answer 9

I think that islam made for the science a lot because the islamism was the religion who produced mahoma and for all the predicators was very important to create a new religion.

Answer 10

Algebra