Scholarly Extent of Early Muslims to Contributionin Modern Sciences

Abstract

The current knowledge of original sources does not permit us to draw a clear
picture of the initial phases of scientific enterprise in Islamic civilization.
What can be said with a certain degree of confidence pertains to the period
beginning with the second half of the second century of Islam. By then,
however, the enterprise of science in Islam was already well established, with
definable branches in Islam was already well established, with definable
branches and scientists of high caliber working in disciplines such as
cosmology, geography, astronomy, and alchemy. This article presents a brief
historical sketch of early Muslims’ scholastic contribution into the modernday sciences.