The House Of Wisdom
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Author |
: Jim Al-Khalili |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2011-03-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101476239 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101476230 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis The House of Wisdom by : Jim Al-Khalili
A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages, a period when much of Western Christendom lay in intellectual darkness. Jim al- Khalili, a leading British-Iraqi physicist, resurrects this lost chapter of history, and given current East-West tensions, his book could not be timelier. With transporting detail, al-Khalili places readers in the hothouses of the Arabic Enlightenment, shows how they led to Europe's cultural awakening, and poses the question: Why did the Islamic world enter its own dark age after such a dazzling flowering?
Author |
: Jonathan Lyons |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 261 |
Release |
: 2011-02-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781608191901 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1608191907 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis The House of Wisdom by : Jonathan Lyons
For centuries following the fall of Rome, western Europe was a benighted backwater, a world of subsistence farming, minimal literacy, and violent conflict. Meanwhile Arab culture was thriving, dazzling those Europeans fortunate enough to catch even a glimpse of the scientific advances coming from Baghdad, Antioch, or the cities of Persia, Central Asia, and Muslim Spain. T here, philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers were steadily advancing the frontiers of knowledge and revitalizing the works of Plato and Aristotle. I n the royal library of Baghdad, known as the House of Wisdom, an army of scholars worked at the behest of the Abbasid caliphs. At a time when the best book collections in Europe held several dozen volumes, the House of Wisdom boasted as many as four hundred thousand. Even while their countrymen waged bloody Crusades against Muslims, a handful of intrepid Christian scholars, thirsty for knowledge, traveled to Arab lands and returned with priceless jewels of science, medicine, and philosophy that laid the foundation for the Renaissance. I n this brilliant, evocative book, Lyons shows just how much "Western" culture owes to the glories of medieval Arab civilization, and reveals the untold story of how Europe drank from the well of Muslim learning.
Author |
: Salim T. S. Al-Hassani |
Publisher |
: National Geographic Books |
Total Pages |
: 356 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426209345 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1426209347 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis 1001 Inventions by : Salim T. S. Al-Hassani
Modern society owes a tremendous amount to the Muslim world for the many groundbreaking scientific and technological advances that were pioneered during the Golden Age of Muslim civilization between the 7th and 17th centuries. Every time you drink coffee, eat a three-course meal, get a whiff of your favorite perfume, take shelter in an earthquake-resistant structure, get a broken bone set or solve an algebra problem, it is in part due to the discoveries of Muslim civilization.
Author |
: Florence Parry Heide |
Publisher |
: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages |
: 48 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:49015002536986 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis The House of Wisdom by : Florence Parry Heide
Ishaq, the son of the chief translator to the Caliph of ancient Baghdad, travels the world in search of precious books and manuscripts and brings them back to the great library known as the House of Wisdom.
Author |
: Max Thomas |
Publisher |
: Multnomah |
Total Pages |
: 120 |
Release |
: 1995-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0880707712 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780880707718 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Mouse in Solomon's House by : Max Thomas
Marble, a young mouse, learns life's valuable lessons in a series of stories dealing with wisdom, personal choice/decision-making, friends, working hard, humility, and honesty. Each story ends with a related scripture.
Author |
: Thomas Edward Lawrence |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 433 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1873141130 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781873141137 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Seven Pillars of Wisdom by : Thomas Edward Lawrence
Author |
: Carmel Reilly |
Publisher |
: Nelson Australia |
Total Pages |
: 24 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0170127141 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780170127141 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis House of Wisdom by : Carmel Reilly
The House of Wisdom was a large place of learning in Baghdad, built in the early 800s AD. It was a centr eof learning in many areas, but it was most important in the areas of mathematics and science.
Author |
: Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 95 |
Release |
: 2022-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000736281 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000736288 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Abbasid House of Wisdom by : Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu
This volume examines the library of the Abbasid caliphs, known as "The House of Wisdom" ("Bayt al-Hikma"), exploring how this important institution has been misconceived by scholars’. This book places the palace library within the framework of the multifaceted cultural and scientific activities in the era of the caliphs, Harun al-Rashid and al-Ma’mun, generally regarded as the Golden Age of Islamic civilization. The author studies the first references to the House of Wisdom in European sources and shows how misconceptions arose because of incorrect translations of Arabic manuscripts and also because of how scholars overlooked the historical context of the library in ways that reflected their own cultural and national ambitions. The Abbasid House of Wisdom is perfect for scholars, students, and the wider public interested in the scientific and cultural activities of the Islamic Golden Age.
Author |
: Francis Bampfield |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 28 |
Release |
: 1681 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:23735819 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis The House of Wisdom by : Francis Bampfield
Author |
: John S. Dunne |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1035603662 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The House of Wisdom by : John S. Dunne