Aladdin's Lamp : How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World

By: Freely, John
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Aladdin's Lamp : How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World

Language: English
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Aladdin’s Lamp is the fascinating story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the sixth century B.C. and, during the next millennium, spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing the remarkable discoveries and theories of Thales, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes, Galen, Ptolemy, and many others. John Freely explains how, as the Dark Ages shrouded Europe, scholars in medieval Baghdad translated the works of these Greek thinkers into Arabic, spreading their ideas throughout the Islamic world from Central Asia to Spain, with many M...
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Topic: Islamic History - Greek Science|9780307277831|

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By:Freely, John
Language:English
Format:Softcover
Pages: 303 pp
Publisher:Vintage Books, New York 2024
Dimensions:14 x 21 CM
ISBN-13:9780307277831
Topic:Islamic History - Greek Science

Aladdin's Lamp : How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
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