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: 9781594202797

ISBN-10: 1594202796

ISBN-13: 9781594202797

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jim Al-Khalili

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A myth-shattering view of the medieval Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations, which preceded-and enabled-the European Renaissance. The Arabic legacy of science and philosophy has long been hidden from the West. British-Iraqi physicist Jim Al-Khalili unveils that legacy to fascinating effect by returning to its roots in the hubs of Arab innovation that would advance science and jump-start the European Renaissance. Inspired by the Koranic injunction to study closely all of God's works, rulers throughout the Islamic world funded armies of scholars who gathered and translated Persian, Sanskrit, and Greek texts. From the ninth through the fourteenth centuries, these scholars built upon…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/31/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.36" wide x 9.30" long x 1.16" tall
Weight: 1.232
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.