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Pathfinders : the golden age of Arabic science / Jim al-Khalili.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Allen Lane, 2010.Description: xxix, 302 p, [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781846141614 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Golden age of Arabic science
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.174927 22
LOC classification:
  • Q180.55.D57 A463 2010
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) 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 Marāgha revolution -- Decline and renaissance -- Science and Islam today.

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