The house of wisdom:how Arabic science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance
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Penguin Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxix, 302 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781594202797 (hardback) 1594202796 (hardback) |
Index Number: | N093 |
CLC: | N093.71 |
Call Number: | N093.71/A316 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. A dream of Aristotle -- The rise of Islam -- Translation -- The lonely alchemist -- The house of wisdom -- Big science -- Numbers -- Algebra -- The philosopher -- The medic -- The physicist -- The prince and the pauper -- Andalusia -- The Maragha Revolution -- Decline and Renaissance -- Science and Islam today -- Timeline : then Islamic world from antiquity to the beginning of the modern period. |