Light from the east : how the science of medieval Islam helped to shape the Western world /: how the science of medieval Islam helped to shape the Western world. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Freely.
• Other Names: Freely, John
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Subjects: 297.265; Islam and science; Science and civilization; Civilization, Western -- Islamic influences
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857731012; 0857731017
• Related ISBNs: 9781784531386
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.