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The House of Wisdom - How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance (Paperback) Loot Price: R384
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The House of Wisdom - How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance (Paperback): Jim Al-Khalili

The House of Wisdom - How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance (Paperback)

Jim Al-Khalili

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A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance.

Many of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages, a period when much of Western Christendom lay in intellectual darkness. Jim al- Khalili, a leading British-Iraqi physicist, resurrects this lost chapter of history, and given current East-West tensions, his book could not be timelier. With transporting detail, al-Khalili places readers in the hothouses of the Arabic Enlightenment, shows how they led to Europe's cultural awakening, and poses the question: Why did the Islamic world enter its own dark age after such a dazzling flowering?

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Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2012
First published: March 2012
Authors: Jim Al-Khalili
Dimensions: 203 x 139 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-312056-8
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
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LSN: 0-14-312056-5
Barcode: 9780143120568

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