Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science
Jim Al-Khalili
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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Year:
2010
Publisher:
Allen Lane (Penguin Press)
Language:
english
Pages:
336
ISBN 10:
0141965010
ISBN 13:
9780141965017
File:
MOBI , 4.65 MB
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english, 2010