TY  - BOOK
AU  - Al-Khalili,Jim
TI  - Pathfinders: the golden age of Arabic science 
SN  - 9781846141614 (hbk.)
AV  - Q180.55.D57 A463 2010
U1  - 509.174927 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - Discoveries in science
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - History
KW  - Civilization, Western
KW  - Arab influences
N1  - 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
ER  -