Mujaz fi Tarikh al-Ulum wa al-Maarif fi al-Hadharat al-Qadimah wa al-Hadhara al-Arabiyah al-Islamiyah "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE ANCIENT AND ARABIC-ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS" by Taha Baqir. This book was written in Arabic by the late Iraqi archeologist and historian Taha Baqir. The book provides brief accounts of the mathematical and scientific achievements in the early civilizations of the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese, Indians, Arabs and Muslims. The book maintains a friendly and readable Arabic style that appeals to both the public and the experts in the field.