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Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science

By Jim Al-Khalili

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Press/Classics
Year
2012
ISBN
0141038365, 9780141038360
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
5 MB (4876064 bytes)
Pages
1317\0
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

For over 700 years, the international language of science was Arabic. In "Pathfinders", Jim al-Khalili celebrates the forgotten, inspiring pioneers who helped shape our understanding of the world during the golden age of Arabic science, including Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon; al-Khwarizmi, the greatest mathematician of the medieval world; and, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a Persian polymath to rival Leonardo da Vinci.

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