Bibliograph

Aladdin's lamp, how Greek science came to Europe through the Islamic world, by John Freely

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Aladdin's lamp, how Greek science came to Europe through the Islamic world, by John Freely

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Aladdin's lamp

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

232980727

Responsibility statement

by John Freely

Sub title

how Greek science came to Europe through the Islamic world

Table Of Contents

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

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