{"product_id":"the-house-of-wisdom-how-arabic-science-saved-ancient-knowledge-and-gave-us-the-renaissance-jim-al-khalili-paperback","title":"The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance -- Jim Al-Khalili, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages, a period when much of Western Christendom lay in intellectual darkness. Jim al- Khalili, a leading British-Iraqi physicist, resurrects this lost chapter of history, and given current East-West tensions, his book could not be timelier. With transporting detail, al-Khalili places readers in the hothouses of the Arabic Enlightenment, shows how they led to Europe's cultural awakening, and poses the question: Why did the Islamic world enter its own dark age after such a dazzling flowering?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Al-Khalili\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.50w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143120568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAge Range:\u003c\/b\u003e 18-UP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim al-Khalili\u003c\/b\u003e is a leading theoretical nuclear physicist, a trustee of the British Science Association, and a senior advisor to the British Council on science and technology. He has written a number of popular science books, which have been translated into thirteen languages so far.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Al-Khalili, Jim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45631233360100,"sku":"9780143120568","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780143120568.jpg?v=1777662097","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-house-of-wisdom-how-arabic-science-saved-ancient-knowledge-and-gave-us-the-renaissance-jim-al-khalili-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}