The rise of early modern science : Islam, China, and the West - Huff, Toby E., 1942- (Cambridge Cambridge university press, 2017)
Introduction -- The comparative study of science -- Arabic science and the Islamic world -- Philosophy, science, and civilizational configurations -- The European legal revolution -- Madrasas and the transmitted sciences -- Universities and the institutionalization of science -- Science and civilization in China -- Education, examinations, and neo-confucianism -- Appendix 1 : anatomy and post-mortems in China -- Poverties and triumphs of Chinese science -- Appendix 2 : books and essays on western science and astronomy translated into Chinese by the Jesuits -- The rise of modern science -- Epilogue : science, history and development.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Science -- Arab countries -- History; Science -- Islamic countries -- History; Science -- China -- History; Science -- Europe -- History