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The article follows the main steps in the movement of scientific works and ideas from the Muslim East to the Muslim West and further on to Latin Europe. Of the numerous medieval scholars and their works, only a few can be mentioned. The main phases in the transfer of knowledge, however, and its reception are briefly described in their historic context. Today we know more about this transfer than only a few decades ago. At the same time, it seems to be more difficult than before to assess the influence Arabic works of science had on the advance of European science and technology in early modern Europe. The reason for such a difficulty is the tremendous increase in information gained from ongoing research. This adds to the complexity of the picture that we try to draw of this development. The present article gives a concise but selective overview of recent research published in European languages.
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