The House of Wisdom
This is an editorial less about science and more about history of science. Professor Al-Khalili shows in clear and conversational prose how the Muslims and those in the Islamic world not only kept Greek science alive while Europe in chaos but contributed to it in ways that facilitated many discoveri...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2011-07-01
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Series: | Dental Hypotheses |
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Online Access: | http://www.dentalhypotheses.com/index.php/dhj/article/view/49 |
Summary: | This is an editorial less about science and more about history of science. Professor Al-Khalili shows in clear and conversational prose how the Muslims and those in the Islamic world not only kept Greek science alive while Europe in chaos but contributed to it in ways that facilitated many discoveries by European scientists centuries later. |
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ISSN: | 2155-8213 2155-8213 |