Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science
Autor Jim Al–khalilien Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 ian 2012
For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, Jim Al-Khalili reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon; al-Khwarizmi, the greatest mathematician of the medieval world; and Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a Persian polymath to rival Leonardo da Vinci.
'Jim Al-Khalili has a passion for bringing to a wider audience not just the facts of science but its history ... Just as the legacy of Copernicus and Darwin belongs to all of us, so does that of Ibn Sina and Ibn al-Haytham'
Independent
'He has brought a great story out of the shadows'
Literary Review
'His command of Arabic and mathematical physics invests his story with sympathy as well as authority'
Guardian
'A fascinating and user-friendly guide'
Sunday Telegraph
'This captivating book is a timely reminder of the debt owed by the West to the intellectual achievements of Arab, Persian and Muslim scholars'
The Times
Jim Al-KhaliliOBE is Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey, where he also holds the first Surrey chair in the public engagement in science. He was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for science communication in 2007, elected Honorary Fellow of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and has also received the Institute of Physic's Public Awareness of Physics Award. Born in Baghdad, Jim was educated in Iraq until the age of 16 and it was there, being taught by Arabic teachers in Arabic that he first heard and learnt about the great Arab scientists and philosophers.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141038360
ISBN-10: 0141038365
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports.
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141038365
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports.
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Professor
Jim
Al-Khalili,
OBE
FRS,
is
a
physicist,
author
and
broadcaster
based
at
the
University
of
Surrey.
He
received
his
PhD
in
theoretical
nuclear
physics
in
1989
and
has
published
over
a
hundred
research
papers
on
quantum
physics.
His many popular science books have been translated into twenty-six languages. He is a recipient of the Royal Michael Faraday medal and the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal.
In 2016 he received the inaugural Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication. He lives in Southsea, Hampshire, with his wife Julie.
His many popular science books have been translated into twenty-six languages. He is a recipient of the Royal Michael Faraday medal and the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal.
In 2016 he received the inaugural Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication. He lives in Southsea, Hampshire, with his wife Julie.
Recenzii
Brings
alive
the
bubbling
invention
and
delighted
curiosity
of
the
Islamic
world
...
his
command
of
Arabic
mathematical
physics
invests
his
story
with
sympathy
as
well
as
authority
A fascinating and user-friendly guide to this whole scientific movement
Jim Al-Khalili has a passion for bringing to a wider audience not just the facts of science but its history ... Just as the legacy of Copernicus and Darwin belongs to all of us, so does that of Ibn Sina and Ibn al-Haytham. To think otherwise, as this book so powerfully reveals, is to do disservice to the tradition to which they belong
Spry, informative and timely ... Al-Khalili takes the reader through a brisk survey of the highlights of the period
A fascinating introduction to a neglected area. His approachable style and ability to distil extensive knowledge into simple narrative makesPathfindersan absorbing read
Enjoyable and informative ... provides ample evidence for the compatibility of Islam and science
He has brought a great story out of the shadows
This captivating book is a timely reminder of the debt owed by the West to the intellectual achievements of Arab, Persian and Muslim scholars
A fascinating and user-friendly guide to this whole scientific movement
Jim Al-Khalili has a passion for bringing to a wider audience not just the facts of science but its history ... Just as the legacy of Copernicus and Darwin belongs to all of us, so does that of Ibn Sina and Ibn al-Haytham. To think otherwise, as this book so powerfully reveals, is to do disservice to the tradition to which they belong
Spry, informative and timely ... Al-Khalili takes the reader through a brisk survey of the highlights of the period
A fascinating introduction to a neglected area. His approachable style and ability to distil extensive knowledge into simple narrative makesPathfindersan absorbing read
Enjoyable and informative ... provides ample evidence for the compatibility of Islam and science
He has brought a great story out of the shadows
This captivating book is a timely reminder of the debt owed by the West to the intellectual achievements of Arab, Persian and Muslim scholars