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Science and Islam (Icon Science): A History
Ehsan Masood
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Description for Science and Islam (Icon Science): A History
Paperback. The 'fascinating and clearly written' (New Scientist) history of the extraordinary Islamic scientific revolution between the eighth and fifteenth centuries. Series: Icon Science. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; 3H; HRAM3; HRH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Long before the European Enlightenment, scholars and researchers working from Samarkand in modern-day Uzbekistan to Cordoba in Spain advanced our knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine and philosophy.
From Musa al-Khwarizmi who developed algebra in 9th century Baghdad to al-Jazari, a 13th-century Turkish engineer whose achievements include the crank, the camshaft and the reciprocating piston.
Ehsan Masood tells the amazing story of one of history's most misunderstood yet rich and fertile periods in science, via the scholars, research, and science of the Islamic empires of the middle ages.
Product Details
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Icon Science
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Duxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785782022
SKU
V9781785782022
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About Ehsan Masood
Ehsan Masood is a senior editor with the science journal Nature, based in London. His other books include The Great Invention, on the story of how GDP became the world's dominant economic indicator. For a decade he taught science and innovation policy at Imperial College London and he is also a former Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute ... Read more
Reviews for Science and Islam (Icon Science): A History
Science and Islam, a fascinating and clearly written book.
New Scientist This is a delightful and approachable book, packed with surprises and treats and offered by a writer whose passion for the subject does not daunt his objectivity.
Wharf Refreshingly different ....Masood's [book] emphasis on context, combined with his easy prose, measured self-confident tone, and an effort to ... Read more
New Scientist This is a delightful and approachable book, packed with surprises and treats and offered by a writer whose passion for the subject does not daunt his objectivity.
Wharf Refreshingly different ....Masood's [book] emphasis on context, combined with his easy prose, measured self-confident tone, and an effort to ... Read more