The Golden Age and Decline of Islamic Civilisation, Volume 2

This volume deals with Islamic sciences. It shows that although Muslims borrowed from other civilisations, including the Hindu, the Greek, and above all the Chinese, their sciences were far ahead of those taken from these civilisations. The Christian West would have never experienced its revival had it borrowed from such civilisations directly, and therefore owes its renaissance to Islamic sciences. This volume, most especially, also shows, that whilst Muslims borrowed from other cultures, the real foundation of their scientific accomplishments, just as other aspects of Islamic civilisation, was the faith, Islam.