Islamic Applied Sciences in Orientalists’ Research

Abstract

This study reveals the view of western scholars (orientalists) of Arab Islamic civilization in the Fields of applied sciences (astronomy, physics, chemistry, medicine). It sheds light on these visions that came close to fairness, and even recognition thanks to the progress of Muslim scholars who cared about these sciences, which is considered by the west as the pillars of civilizations and human advancement. The recognition was clear by virtue of some of its branches and divisions which were praised and published in their scientific centers and adopted by their existing civilization.