Islamic Thinkers In Physics
Further Reading
This section serves as a page to further your reading on this subject, should you be interested, and as a form of citation, where it is I gained the knowledge collated here.
Islam and Science
The Qur'an: This is arguably the best place to start when doing any research on the religion of Islam.
The Hadith: The same applies here as with the Qur'an, as many of Muhammad's teachings serve as a base for much Islamic Thought.
History of Islam volumes 1-3, Akbar Shah Najeebabadi: These books are an in-depth look at the history of Islam up until the reign of Selim I of the Ottoman Empire. It is written from a Muslim perspective, and may not be entirely objective, but still a useful and informative read.
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk :
Serves as a really useful tool in researching the lives of many historical mathematicians and physicists, not just from Islam, but from everywhere.
Science and Islam (2009), Jim Al Khalili: A 3 part documentary on the BBC that gives much context to many of the discoveries discussed both on this website and many more.
La ciencia árabe-islámica y su papel, Julio Samsó: A Spanish language piece looking at Islamic science across a large span. Covers many topics, and looks into the modern attitudes of some people towards Islam.
Enterprise of Science in Islam: A New Perspective, Jan P. Hogendijk, Abdelhamid I. Sabra: The book covers a very wide range of Islamic scholarly thought, and is an interesting read
Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science,Hillel Ofek
Talks about both the rise and fall of Islamic Science, and is a generally well cited piece of work.
Ibn al-Haytham
Kitab Al Manazer, Ibn al-Haytham: A remarkable piece of scientific literature, It is a little odd to read from a modern perspective, but has a interesting outlook on the world and how science should be done. Linked are books 1-3.
Ibn Al-Haitham: Master of Optics, Mathematics, Physics and Medicine, Al Shindagah: A piece in Al-Shindagah magazine from 2004, detailing the life of Alhazen in a little more depth than I have here.
Ibn Al-Haytham: Father of Modern Optics, the Annals of Saudi Medicine: This piece is a very in-depth journal article focused on all aspects of his work and life.
Ibn Sahl
The Book of Burners/On the Burning Instruments, Ibn Sahl: This is the manuscript by ibn Sahl, and I have used some of the diagrams from these.
A Pioneer in Anaclastics: Ibn Sahl on Burning Mirrors and Lenses, Roshdi Rashed: This translation and commentary of 'on the burning instruments' is the only major source when talking about Ibn Sahl's work, and contains useful descriptions of the paper, diagrams, and dissection of the style of treatise.
Burning Instruments: From Diocles to Ibn Sahl, Roshdi Rashed:
This piece is an essay review of the topic in the title, with some interesting discussions surrounding Islamic and pre Islamic Anaclastics.
Al-Biruni
Correspondence between Ibn Sina and Al-Biruni: Provides a really interesting insight into the scientific discussions and questions of the age, and how scientists would discuss/debate them.
The Mas’udi canon, Al-Biruni: It is in this book that he laid out his arguments around Ptolemy's astronomy, and suggested the suns apogee is not fixed
Taḥqīq mā li-l-Hind, Al-Biruni: This book gave the Arabic, and later western worlds access to Indian astronomy, finally linking the disciplines.
The chronology of ancient nations, Al-Biruni: This book sees the first use of sexagesimal time.