The house of wisdom: how Arabic science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance
Jim Al-Khalili
The house of wisdom: how Arabic science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance
المؤلف
Jim Al-Khaliliالناشر
Penguin Booksطبع 1
قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
The house of wisdom: how Arabic science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance / Jim Al-Khaliliبيانات النشر
نیویورک : Penguin Books، 2012مالمواصفات الشكلية
xxix, 302 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm.الموضوع
Science -- Arab countries HistoryScience Philosophy -- History
Science, Medieval
Science Methodology -- History
Science, Renaissance
Arab countries Intellectual life
اللغة
انگلیسیملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references and index.المحتويات
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 Maragha Revolution -- Decline and Renaissance -- Science and Islam today -- Timeline : then Islamic world from antiquity to the beginning of the modern period