Table of contents : Contents List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Part 1: Ottoman science 1 Science in the Ottoman Empire 2 Ottomans and European science 3 Scholars of Andalusian origin and their contribution to Ottoman science 4 Orthodox Christian physicians and scholars in the Ottoman court 5 Modernization efforts in science, technology and industry in the Ottoman Empire (18th–19th centuries) Part 2: Institutions of learning 6 Institutions of science education in Islam in the classical period 7 Emergence of the Ottoman medrese tradition 8 Institutionalisation of science in the medreses of pre-Ottoman and Ottoman Turkey 9 Ottoman educational institutions 10 The birth of the tradition of printed books in the Ottoman Empire: transition from manuscript to print (1729–1848) Part 3: Science and religion 11 Islam and modern science Bibliography Index