Bibliograph

Pathfinders, the golden age of Arabic science, Jim Al-Khalili

Type

Label

Pathfinders, the golden age of Arabic science, Jim Al-Khalili

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pathfinders

Responsibility statement

Jim Al-Khalili

Sub title

the golden age of Arabic science

Summary

Jim Al-Khalili has a passion for bringing to a wider audience not just the facts of science but its history. For over 700 years, the international language of science was Arabic. In this book, Jim al-Khalili celebrates the forgotten, inspiring pioneers who helped shape our understanding of the world during the golden age of Arabic science, including Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon; al-Khwarizmi, the greatest mathematician of the medieval world; and, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a Persian polymath to rival Leonardo da Vinci

Target audience

adult

Classification