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The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
The House of Wisdom How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
Author: Jim al-Khalili
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 a...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780143120568
ISBN-10: 0143120565
Publication Date: 3/27/2012
Pages: 336
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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