Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560–1660
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Author_Avner Ben-Zaken
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Copernican cosmology
Cross-cultural knowledge transfer
Eastern Mediterranean scientific exchanges
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Heliocentric system
Ottoman Empire astronomy
Renaissance intellectual history
Scientific Revolution
Taqi al-Din observatory
Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg
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- ISBN 9780801894763
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Aug 2010
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Avner Ben-Zaken reconsiders the fundamental question of how early modern scientific thought traveled between Western and Eastern cultures in the age of the so-called Scientific Revolution. Through five meticulously researched case studies-in which he explores how a single obscure object or text moved in the Eastern world-Ben-Zaken reveals the intricate ways that scientific knowledge moved across cultures. His diligent exploration traces the eastward flow of post-Copernican cosmologies and scientific discoveries, showing how these ideas were disseminated, modified, and applied to local cultures. Never before has a student of scientific traffic in the Mediterranean taken such pains to see precisely which instruments, books, and ideas first appeared where, in whose hands, by what means, and with what implications. In doing so, Ben-Zaken challenges accepted views of Western primacy in this fruitful exchange. He shows not only how Islamic cultures benefited from European scientific knowledge but also how Eastern understanding of classical Greek texts informed developments in the West.
Ben-Zaken's mastery of different cultures and languages uniquely positions him to tell this intriguing story. His findings reshape our understanding of scientific discourse in this critical period and contribute to the growing field of cross-cultural Christian-Muslim studies.
Avner Ben-Zaken is a former Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows .
