House of Wisdom How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance

Name: House of Wisdom How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
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ISBN: 9780143120568

ISBN-10: 0143120565

ISBN-13: 9780143120568

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Authors: Jim Al-Khalili

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A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages, a period when much of Western Christendom lay in intellectual darkness. Jim al- Khalili, a leading British-Iraqi physicist, resurrects this lost chapter of history, and given current East-West tensions, his book could not be timelier. With transporting detail, al-Khalili places readers in the hothouses of the Arabic Enlightenment, shows how they led to Europe's cultural awakening, and poses the question: Why did the Islamic world…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.45" wide x 8.40" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Dr Jim al-Khalili is a theoretical physicist and senior lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of Surrey. He has twice been nominated for the Royal Society#39;s Michael Faraday Award for the Public Understanding of Science and is the Institute of Physics Schools and Colleges lecturer. He is the author of BLACK HOLES, WORMHOLES AND TIME MACHINES and has appeared on Radio 4#39;s LEADING EDGE and the BBC#39;s TOMORROW#39;S WORLD and HORIZON programmes.