The Alchemy web site on Levity.com History of Islamic Science 4
Based on the book Introduction to the History of Scienceby
George Sarton (provided with photos and portraits) Edited and
prepared by Prof. Hamed A. Ead These pages are edited by Prof.
Hamed Abdel-reheem Ead, Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of
Science -University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt and director of the
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Islamic Alchemy The Time of Al-Mas'udi First Half of Tenth
Century The overwhelming superiority of Muslim culture continued
to be felt throughout the tenth century. Indeed, it was felt
more strongly than over, not only the foremost men of science
were Muslims, but also because cultural influences are
essentially cumulative. By the beginning, or at any rate by the
middle of the century, the excellence of muslim science was
already so well established, even in the West, that each new
arabic work benefited to some extent by the prestige pertaining