The genius of their age : Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the lost enlightenment /
"This is a book about two of the most outstanding thinkers to have lived between ancient Greece and the European Renaissance: Ibn Sina and Biruni. Both are known to specialists who have explored and analyzed their writings (what remains of them) for 150 years. But the general public has yet to...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This is a book about two of the most outstanding thinkers to have lived between ancient Greece and the European Renaissance: Ibn Sina and Biruni. Both are known to specialists who have explored and analyzed their writings (what remains of them) for 150 years. But the general public has yet to discover these men and to appreciate their achievements. I hope this will help in that effort"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 301 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197675588 0197675581 9780197675571 0197675573 9780197675564 0197675565 |