The house of wisdom : how the Arabs transformed Western civilization / Jonathan Lyons.
The house of wisdom : how the Arabs transformed Western civilization / Jonathan Lyons.
The house of wisdom : how the Arabs transformed Western civilization / Jonathan Lyons.
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New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
Date
2009.
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N909.09821/35
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English
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xvii, 248 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Prologue: Al-Maghrib/Sunset -- Pt. I. Al-Isha/Nightfall -- 1. The Warriors of God -- 2. The Earth Is Like a Wheel -- Pt. II. Al-Fajr/Dawn -- 3. The House of Wisdom -- 4. Mapping the World -- Pt. III. Al-Zuhr/Midday -- 5. The First Man of Science -- 6. "What Is Said of the Sphere ..." -- 7. "The Wise...
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New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2009.
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"Jonathan Lyons introduces us to brilliant Muslim thinkers, such as al-Khwarizmi, pioneer of algebra; Avicenna, the physician and philosopher; Gaber, who made great advances in chemistry; and Averroes, renowned simply as "The Commentator" for his writings that expounded and extended Aristotle's great works of logic."
"Even while their countrymen waged bloody Crusades against Muslims, a handful of restless Christian scholars, hungry for knowledge, traveled to the East to seek out the great minds of the Arab world. In 1109, Adelard of Bath journeyed from England to Asia Minor and returned with priceless jewels of astronomy and mathematics that transformed Europea...
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The house of wisdom : how the Arabs transformed Western civilization / Jonathan Lyons.
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Col. maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-235) and index.
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N909.09821/35
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1596914599 (alk. paper)
9781596914599 (alk. paper)
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909.09821
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991001807719702626
