The House Of Wisdom Book

It...was...the...leading...center...for...the...study...of...mathematics,...astronomy,...medicine,...alchemy,...chemistry,...zoology,...geography...and...cartographyA....modern....budget....proposal....from....a....science-funding....agency....could....not....have....put....it....betterHis....book....is....an....invaluable....resource,....a....portable....encyclopedia,....on....the....dynamic....and....thriving....Arab....culture....and....sciences....including....chemistry,....physics,....algebra,....engineering....and....architecture....that....were....adopted....by....a....reluctant....and....suspicious....West....seeped....in....church-imposed....dogma....and....intransigenceClose...Al-Khalili....spreads....the....blame....widely,....citing....inadequate....financing....for....research....and....education,....sclerotic....bureaucracies,....religious....conservatism,....even....an....ingrained....fear....of....scienceThe...Pakistani...physicist...Abdus...Salam,...perhaps...the...greatest...Muslim...scientist...of...the...last...century,...won...a...Nobel...Prize...in...1979...and...did...what...he...could...to...promote...a...scientific...renaissance...among...his...people,...without...success

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Also,..Hunayn..bin..IshaqBy....the....middle....of....the....12th....century,....Euclid....and....Pythagoras....are....arrayed....with....the....Virgin....on....the....west....front....of....Chartres....cathedralAllrightsreservedSign...Up...You...agree...to...receive...occasional...updates...and...special...offers...for...The...New...York...Times's...products...and...servicesThe..heyday..of..Baghdad..was..1,200..years..ago..when..it..was..the..thriving..capital..of..the..Muslim..civilisationThank..you..for..subscribingNon-Fiction..History..Heritage..Maritime..History..Military..History..Railways..Scale..Modelling..The..House..of..Wisdom..How..the..Arabs..Transformed..Western..Civilization..By:..Jonathan..Lyons..See..larger..image..Published:..04-04-2010..Format:..Paperback..Edition:..1st..Extent:..272..ISBN:..9781608190584..Imprint:..Bloomsbury..Press..Illustrations:..B&W..Illustrations..throughout..Dimensions:..5..1/2"..x..8..1/4"..List..price:..$18.00..Online..price:..$16.20..Saving:..Save..$1.80..(10%)....Qty:..Free..US..delivery..on..orders..$25..or..over..Delivery..&..Returns..View..other..formats..Tell..others..about..this..book..Twitter..Lorem..About..The..House..of..Wisdom..For..centuries..following..the..fall..of..Rome,..Western..Europe..was..a..benighted..backwater,..a..world..of..subsistence..farming,..minimal..literacy,..and..violent..conflictInvalid..email..addressAnd..he..told..'em..eloquently..and..articulately..in..his..treatise f5410380f0

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