The house of wisdom : how Arabic science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance /

"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 fascinat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962- (autor)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York : Editorial Penguin Press, 2011.
Edición:First edition
Materias:
Ciencia > Paises arabes > Historia.
Ciencia > Filosofía > Historia.
Ciencia > Metodologia > Historia
Países árabes > Vida intelectual
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Marāgha Revolution
  • Decline and Renaissance
  • Science and Islam today
  • Timeline : then Islamic world from antiquity to the beginning of the modern period.

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