Aladdin's Lamp How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World |
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| Author:
| Freely, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4379-7855-1 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Publisher: | DIANE Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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The story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the 6th cent. B.C. and spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing remarkable discoveries. As the Dark Ages shrouded Europe, medieval scholars translated the works of these Greek thinkers into Arabic, spreading their ideas throughout the Islamic world, with many Muslim scientists, incl. Avicenna, Alhazen, and Averroes, adding their own interpretations to this philosophy. Beginning in the 12th cent., these texts by...
More DescriptionThe story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the 6th cent. B.C. and spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing remarkable discoveries. As the Dark Ages shrouded Europe, medieval scholars translated the works of these Greek thinkers into Arabic, spreading their ideas throughout the Islamic world, with many Muslim scientists, incl. Avicenna, Alhazen, and Averroes, adding their own interpretations to this philosophy. Beginning in the 12th cent., these texts by Islamic scholars were then translated from Arabic into Latin, sparking the emergence of modern science in the Renaissance, which climaxed in the Scientific Revolution of the 17th cent. ¿Brings to light an essential and long-overlooked chapter in the history of science.¿ Illus.