Science and Islam
March 15, 2009 by: admin
Ehsan Masood
RRP: £14.99
Publisher: ICON BOOKS
Publcation Date : 08/01/2009
Hardback
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Guardian Bookshop Notes:
Tie-in to a new BBC TV series, to be aired early 2009. It is little understood today that the medieval Islamic world paved the foundations for modern science and world. This book explores the circumstances that led to this revolution in scientific thinking.
Publisher’s description:
Between the 8th and 15th centuries, scholars and researchers working from Samarkand in modern-day Uzbekistan to Cordoba in Spain advanced our knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine and philosophy to new heights. This book takes the reader through the Islamic empires of the middle ages.
ISBN: 9781848310407
