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STUDIES AND SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCERELIGIOUS VALUES & THE RISE OFSCIENCE IN EUROPEEdited by John Brooke and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğluİstanbul, 2005, (in English)(Series of studies and sources on history of science, no; 13)ISBN 92-9063-140-6A collection of articles that examine the social and culturalenvironment surrounding scientific activity and its effectson the development of early modern science during the16th and 17th centuries, in European and Islamic contexts.Most of the articles were presented at the workshop on thetheme “Science and Human Values” which was organisedby the European Science Foundation in cooperation with<strong>IRCICA</strong> and the Turkish Society for History of Science, on6-7 October 2001, at <strong>IRCICA</strong>, İstanbul. The workshop wasco-chaired by by Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, SecretaryGeneral of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference,who was then the Director General of <strong>IRCICA</strong> (<strong>1980</strong> - Dec.2004), and Prof. Dr. John Hedley Brooke from OxfordUniversity, Chairman of the European Science Foundation.İhsanoğlu and Brooke also cooperated in editing the bookfor publication by <strong>IRCICA</strong>. The research articles containedin the present book review some trends and developmentsof early modern science during the 16th and 17th centuries,and explore how various values affected them, eitherpositively or negatively. Particular attention is devoted tovalues based on religion, with some of the articles givingnew insights into the relation between science and religionand suggesting the proper perspectives to be adopted in theanalysis of this relation.Price: US$40 (including post)140 <strong>IRCICA</strong> <strong>PUBLICATIONS</strong> <strong>1980</strong>-<strong>2012</strong>

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