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Pathfinders : the golden age of Arabic science / Jim al-Khalili.

By: Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962-.
Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2012Description: xxix, 302 p, [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781846141614 (hbk.); 1846141613 (hbk.); 9780141038360 (pbk.).Other title: Golden age of Arabic science.Subject(s): Discoveries in science -- Arab countries -- History | Civilization, Western -- Arab influencesDDC classification: 509.174927
Contents:
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.
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First published by Allen Lane 2010.

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.