Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World by John Freely - 2009-02-17

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Vintage Books, 2010-12-30. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. library discard, may contain stamps/stickers and protective plastic from circulation

Vintage Books, 2009-02-16. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Ships quickly. Mild shelf/reading wear. SEVERAL SMALL DOG EARED PAGES. REMAINDER MARK ON BOTTOM EDGE. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

Knopf, 2009. VG/VG. Hardcover. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; some yellowing; overall clean & tight. 303 pages Keywords: 9780307265340 Keywords: science

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2009-02-16. Second Printing, May 2009. Hardcover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. Hardcover. Second printing. Light shelf wear to boards and dust jacket. Binding square and tight. No highlighting, notation, or remainder marks. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 303 pp. .

Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 030726534X . Aladdin’s Lamp is the fascinating story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the sixth century B. C. And, during the next millennium, spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing the remarkable discoveries and theories of Thales, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes, Galen, Ptolemy, and many others. John Freely explains how, as the Dark Ages shrouded Europe, scholars in medieval Baghdad translated the works of these Greek thinkers into Arabic, spreading their ideas throughout the Islamic world from Central Asia to Spain, with many Muslim scientists, most notably Avicenna, Alhazen, and Averroës, adding their own interpretations to the philosophy and science they had inherited. Freely goes on to show how, beginning in the twelfth century, these texts by Islamic scholars were then translated from Arabic into Latin, sparking the emergence of modern science at the… Read More

NY: Alfred A Knopf, 2009. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/unclipped price; 303 clean, unmarked pages/index/notes/bibliography. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Diagrams. 8 vo.