Light from the East : How the Science of Medieval Islam Helped to Shape the Western World

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Author(s):	Freely, John
ISBN No.:	9781784531386
Pages:	256
Year:	201503
Format:	Trade Paper
Price:	$ 23.64
Status:	Out Of Print

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Prologue. The Scriptorium at the SüleymaniyeChapter 1. Science Before Science, Mesopotamia and EgyptChapter 2. The Land of the GreeksChapter 3. The Roads to BaghdadChapter 4. 'Abbasid Baghdad: The House of WisdomChapter 5. Spiritual PhysickChapter 6. From Baghdad to Central AsiaChapter 7.

The Cure of IgnoranceChapter 8. Fatimid Cairo: The Science of LightChapter 9. Ayyubid and Mamluk Cairo: Healing Body and SoulChapter 10. Ingenious Mechanical DevicesChapter 11. Islamic TechnologyChapter 12. Al-Andalus: Muslim SpainChapter 13. From the Maghrib to the Two Sicilies: Arabic into LatinChapter 14. Incoherent PhilosophersChapter 15.

Mongol Maragha and Samarkand: Spheres Within SpheresChapter 16. Arabic Science and the European RenaissanceChapter 17. Copernicus and His Arabic PredecessorsChapter 18. The Scientific RevolutionChapter 19. The Heritage of Islamic ScienceNotesBibliography.

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