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Aladdin's lamp : how Greek science came to Europe through the Islamic world / John Freely.
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- ISBN: 9780307265340
- ISBN: 030726534X
- ISBN: 9780307277831
- Physical Description: xi, 303 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Ionia : the first physicists -- Classical Athens : the school of Hellas -- Hellenistic Alexandria : the museum and the library -- From Athens to Rome, Constantinople, and Jundishapur -- Baghdad's house of wisdom : Greek into Arabic -- The Islamic Renaissance -- Cairo and Damascus -- Al-Andalus, Moorish Spain -- From Toledo to Palermo : Arabic into Latin -- Paris and Oxford I : reinterpreting Aristotle -- Paris and Oxford II : the emergence of European science -- From Byzantium to Italy : Greek into Latin -- The revolution of heavenly spheres -- The debate over the two world systems -- The scientific revolution -- Samarkand to Istanbul : the long twilight of Islamic science -- Science lost and found -- Harran : the road to Baghdad. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Grigol Tsereteli Reading Hall | გ.ჯაფ - 1698 | 900001928605 | Stacks | Available | - |
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| Ionia | ||
| Classical Athens | ||
| Hellenistic Alexandria | ||
| From Athens to Rome, Constantinople and Jundishapur | ||
| Baghdad's house of wisdom | ||
| The Islamic Renaissance | ||
| Cairo and Damascus | ||
| Al-Andalus, Moorish Spain | ||
| From Toledo to Palermo | ||
| Paris and Oxford I | ||
| Paris and Oxford II | ||
| From Byzantium to Italy | ||
| The revolution of heavenly spheres | ||
| The debate over the two world systems | ||
| The scientific revolution | ||
| From Samarkind to Istanbul | ||
| Science lost and found | ||
| Harran. |
