Dropsie College Theses
Date of Award
Winter 1-23-1952
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
First Advisor
Solomon Gandz
Second Advisor
Solomon L. Skoss
Third Advisor
Cyrus Gordon
Abstract
The latter part of the eleventh century brought with it the end of the golden age of Muslim science.1 The virtual Muslim monopoly on learning and science was finally terminated in this period of Omar Khayyam. At the end of this century, one may recognize one of the great turning points in the history of science and civilization...The integration and absorption of much of the Jewish and Muslim culture by the western world led to the complete hegemony of Christian Europe, and, in turn, to the secular basis of science and learning as it is known today.
Recommended Citation
Levey, Martin, "Abraham Savasorda and His So-Called Encyclopedia: The Yesode Ha-Tebunah U-Migdal Ha-Emunah, Its Influence Upon the Development of European Mathematics and Its Place in the History of Mathematics" (1952). Dropsie College Theses. 90.
https://repository.upenn.edu/dropsietheses/90
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Comments
Library at the Katz Center - Archives Room Manuscript. QA32.A3 L48 1952.