Life+sciences

There is quite a lot of information available regarding Arabic Science especially with regard to medical, botanical, astronomy and mathematical branches. One example is the Encyclopedia of the history of Arabic Science by Roshdi Rashed. The link below is a (pdf file) short review by C A Millan from the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1044132