Abstract:

Science, which began in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, is a universal human value that has evolved throughout history with the contribution of many civilizations and has now become modern. From the history of science, it can be said that the development process continues in four main stages. 1 . Science in Ancient Civilizations (Mezopotamia and Egyptian Civilizations), 2. The period in which the intellectual structure of the Greek civilization was created to explain the world and the universe. Scientific developments in Muslim geography in the Middle Ages, 4. The Renaissance and its subsequent developments are the modern science era. The two sources used in this study, Clive Ponting and William McNeill, are the world stories of researchers with an important understanding in this field. Adnan Adıvar and Ergun Türkcan’s work on the subject must also refer to the world and the history of science in Ottoman. The scientific development of the Ottoman can be studied under two main titles. The Classical Period of Ottoman Science emphasizes the period in which the first scientific products formed around the medrese appeared, while the Ottoman science in the modernization period includes the institutions and works that the science, education and culture understood in the process of Westernization. It is also known that the tradition of the Ottoman science has evolved in such a process. When we look at the contribution to universal science and culture, the Ottoman science has not produced enough original products, except for some works and institutions presented in the Classical and Modern Epochs. Although there was an intense exchange of information in the second period of development with European science and culture, in the Western influence, no remarkable original products were produced beyond the similarities of European institutions and works.

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