Tento autor skúma prepojenie histórie, filozofie a sociológie vedy. Jeho práca sa inšpirovala Maxom Weberom a zameriavala sa na hĺbkové štúdium arabského a moslimského sveta aj Číny. Jeho prístup kombinuje sociologickú analýzu s historickým porozumením, aby odhalil komplexnú dynamiku vedeckého pokroku a jeho kultúrnych súvislostí. Vďaka tomu ponúka jedinečný pohľad na vývoj myslenia a spoločnosti.
This study, beginning with the Dutch-invented telescope of 1608 and then Galileo's discoveries, casts the European advancements in modern science, technology, and economic development into a global framework.
This is a study of the long-standing question of why modern science arose only in the West and not in the civilizations of Islam or China, despite the fact that, by the Middle Ages, Islam and China were more scientifically advanced. To find an explanation the author examines the differences in religious, philosophical, and legal institutions of the three civilizations, focusing on the legal concept of 'corporation', which is unique to the West and gave rise to neutral space and free inquiry, concepts integral to modern science.