An edition of Pathfinders
(2010)
Pathfinders
the golden age of Arabic science
by Jim Al-Khalili
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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 Arabix science, including Arabic physicist Ibn Al-Haytham, who practiced 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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Table of 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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index.
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| November 18, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| October 29, 2014 | Edited by Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér | Added description from the back of the book. |
| April 26, 2012 | Edited by 195.50.35.4 | Added new cover |
| July 25, 2011 | Created by LC Bot | import new book |