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Science Medicine and Math in the Early Islamic World

Part of the Life in the Early Islamic World series
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The scientific contributions of the early Islamic empires to science, medicine, and mathematics is considerable.

This revealing book explores: their public hospitals, libraries, and universities; their achievements in mathematics and astronomy, and the pursuit of alchemy; Arabic numbers; optics; music and musical instruments; poetry; and education.

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Product Details
0778721779 / 9780778721772
Paperback / softback
01/04/2012
Canada
English
48 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour)
24 cm