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The Library of Congress has a large number of print materials on the relationship between Islam and scientific disciplines. The following selected titles offer a general overview that give the researcher a basic understanding of the topic. Each title links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. While these titles are held by the Library, many of them may also be available through your local public or academic library. Use the tabs below to navigate to further refined subject areas.
1001 Inventions: the Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization by 
Aladdin's Lamp by 
An Annotated Bibliography of Islamic Science by 
The Classical Heritage in Islam by The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture by 
The Enterprise of Science in Islam by 
Islamic Medical and Scientific Tradition by 
Islamic Science and Engineering by 
Lost History by 
New Perspectives on the History of Islamic Science by 
Pathfinders by 
The Rise of Science in Islam and the West by Science and Technology in Islam by 
Science in Medieval Islam by The Astronomical Tables of al-Khwārizmi. by Celestial Phenomena and Observations in Islamic Sources: Texts and Studies by From Deferent to Equant by 
A History of Arabic Astronomy by 
Ibn Al-Haytham, New Astronomy and Spherical Geometry by In Synchrony with the Heavens by Islamic Astronomical Instruments by 
Islamic Astronomy and Geography by 
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance by The Life & Work of Ibn al-Shāṭir, an Arab Astronomer of the Fourteenth Century by Lost History by Mathematicians, Astronomers and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilisation and Their Works by On the Principles of Astronomy by Science and Technology in Islam by 
Studies in Medieval Astronomy and Optics by 
Names, Natures and Things by Science and Technology in Islam by Studies in al-Kimya' : Critical Issues in Latin and Arabic Alchemy and Chemistry by The Works of Geber: The Most Famous Arabian Prince and Philosopher by 
Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science by 
Islam and Science, Medicine, and Technology by Islamic Science and Engineering by 
Islamic Technology by Science and Technology in Islam by 
Studies in Medieval Islamic Technology by 
The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by Arab Travellers and Geographers by 
Creating the Mediterranean by A History of Arab-Islamic Geography: 9th-16th Century A.D. by Islamic Astronomy and Geography by 
Islamic Maps by 
Medieval Islamic Maps by Science and Technology in Islam by 
The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʻqūbı̄: an English Translation by 
Classical Mathematics from Al-Khwarizmi to Descartes by 
The Development of Arabic Mathematics by 
Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam by A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics by Islamic Medical and Scientific Tradition by Mathematicians, Astronomers and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilisation and Their Works by Science and Technology in Islam by 
Thabit ibn Qurra by 
Arabian Drugs in Early Medieval Mediterranean Medicine by Health Sciences in Early Islam: Collected Papers by Islam and Science, Medicine, and Technology by Islamic Medical and Scientific Tradition by 
The Medieval Islamic Hospital by 
Medieval Islamic Medicine by 
Medieval Islamic Medicine and Medical Luminaries by Science and Technology in Islam by Studies in Medieval Arabic Medicine: Theory and Practice by 
