Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World - Paperback
by John Freely
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Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307277831ISBN-10:307277836UPC:9780307277831Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Europe, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:7.98 x 5.56 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SC45VR5H9T
Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307277831ISBN-10:307277836UPC:9780307277831Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Europe, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:7.98 x 5.56 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SC45VR5H9T
John Freely was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Ireland and New York. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy at seventeen and was in the last two years of World War II, including duty with a commando unit in Burma and China. He went to college on the GI Bill and received his Ph.D. in physics from NYU, after which he did postdoctoral studies at Oxford in the history of science. Since 1960 he has...
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