Jim Al-Khalili

The House of Wisdom

How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Al-Khalili presents a myth-shattering view of the medieval Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations, which preceded--and enabled--the European Renaissance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin UK
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 141mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9780143120568
• ISBN-10: 0143120565
• Artikelnr.: 33604555

Autorenporträt

Jim al-Khalili is a leading theoretical nuclear physicist, a trustee of the British Science Association, and a senior advisor to the British Council on science and technology. He has written a number of popular science books, which have been translated into thirteen languages so far.