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The House of Wisdom

Author : Jim Al-Khalili
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101476230
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The House of Wisdom written by Jim Al-Khalili and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many 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?

The House of Wisdom

Author : Jonathan Lyons
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608191907
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The House of Wisdom written by Jonathan Lyons and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-02-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries following the fall of Rome, western Europe was a benighted backwater, a world of subsistence farming, minimal literacy, and violent conflict. Meanwhile Arab culture was thriving, dazzling those Europeans fortunate enough to catch even a glimpse of the scientific advances coming from Baghdad, Antioch, or the cities of Persia, Central Asia, and Muslim Spain. T here, philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers were steadily advancing the frontiers of knowledge and revitalizing the works of Plato and Aristotle. I n the royal library of Baghdad, known as the House of Wisdom, an army of scholars worked at the behest of the Abbasid caliphs. At a time when the best book collections in Europe held several dozen volumes, the House of Wisdom boasted as many as four hundred thousand. Even while their countrymen waged bloody Crusades against Muslims, a handful of intrepid Christian scholars, thirsty for knowledge, traveled to Arab lands and returned with priceless jewels of science, medicine, and philosophy that laid the foundation for the Renaissance. I n this brilliant, evocative book, Lyons shows just how much "Western" culture owes to the glories of medieval Arab civilization, and reveals the untold story of how Europe drank from the well of Muslim learning.

The House of Wisdom

Author : Florence Parry Heide
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The House of Wisdom written by Florence Parry Heide and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1999 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ishaq, the son of the chief translator to the Caliph of ancient Baghdad, travels the world in search of precious books and manuscripts and brings them back to the great library known as the House of Wisdom.

1001 Inventions

Author : Salim T. S. Al-Hassani
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426209347
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book 1001 Inventions written by Salim T. S. Al-Hassani and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern society owes a tremendous amount to the Muslim world for the many groundbreaking scientific and technological advances that were pioneered during the Golden Age of Muslim civilization between the 7th and 17th centuries. Every time you drink coffee, eat a three-course meal, get a whiff of your favorite perfume, take shelter in an earthquake-resistant structure, get a broken bone set or solve an algebra problem, it is in part due to the discoveries of Muslim civilization.

Greek Thought, Arabic Culture

Author : Dimitri Gutas
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415061322
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Greek Thought, Arabic Culture written by Dimitri Gutas and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the accession of the Arab dynasty of the 'Abbasids to power and the foundation of Baghdad, a Graeco-Arabic translation movement was initiated, and by the end of the tenth century, almost all scientific and philosophical secular Greek works that were available in late antiquity had been translated into Arabic. This book explores the social, political and ideological factors operative in early 'Abbasid society that sustained the translation movement.

Discovering the Word of Wisdom

Author : Jane Birch
Publisher : Fresh Awakenings
ISBN 13 : 1493684965
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Discovering the Word of Wisdom written by Jane Birch and published by Fresh Awakenings. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a lively exploration of the amazing revelation known to Mormons as the “Word of Wisdom.” It counsels us how and what we should eat to reach our highest potential, both physically and spiritually. New and surprising insights are presented through the perspective of what has been proven to be the healthiest human diet, a way of eating supported both by history and by science: a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet. WFPB vegetarian diets have been scientifically proven to both prevent and cure chronic disease, help you achieve your maximum physical potential, and make it easy to reach and maintain your ideal weight. In this book, you’ll find the stories of dozens of people who are enjoying the blessings of following a Word of Wisdom diet, and you’ll get concrete advice on how to get started! You will discover: What we should and should not eat to enjoy maximum physical health. How food is intimately connected to our spiritual well being. Why Latter-day Saints are succumbing to the same chronic diseases as the rest of the population, despite not smoking, drinking, or doing drugs. How the Word of Wisdom was designed specifically for our day. How you can receive the “hidden treasures” and other blessings promised in the Word of Wisdom. Why eating the foods God has ordained for our use is better not just for our bodies, but for the animals and for the earth. You may think you know what the Word of Wisdom says, but you’ll be amazed at what you have missed. Learn why Mormons all over the world are “waking up” to the Word of Wisdom!

The Witch's Book of Wisdom

Author : Patricia Telesco
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806524115
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book The Witch's Book of Wisdom written by Patricia Telesco and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this earthy, practical and wise volume, Telesco offers sound advice on magick and spirituality as they coincide with everyday life. With the lessons and insights she has gained over the last eighteen years, she explores a variety of issues that are key to every witch's growth, while also demystifying many modern myths about witches.

Pathfinders

Author : Jim Al-Khalili
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141965010
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Pathfinders written by Jim Al-Khalili and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. In Pathfinders, Jim al-Khalili celebrates the forgotten pioneers who helped shape our understanding of the world. All scientists have stood on the shoulders of giants. But most historical accounts today suggest that the achievements of the ancient Greeks were not matched until the European Renaissance in the 16th century, a 1,000-year period dismissed as the Dark Ages. In the ninth-century, however, the Abbasid caliph of Baghdad, Abu Ja'far Abdullah al-Ma'mun, created the greatest centre of learning the world had ever seen, known as Bayt al-Hikma, the House of Wisdom. The scientists and philosophers he brought together sparked a period of extraordinary discovery, in every field imaginable, launching a golden age of Arabic science. Few of these scientists, however, are now known in the western world. Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a polymath who outshines everyone in history except Leonardo da Vinci? The Syrian astronomer Ibn al-Shatir, whose manuscripts would inspire Copernicus's heliocentric model of the solar system? Or the 13th-century Andalucian physician Ibn al-Nafees, who correctly described blood circulation 400 years before William Harvey? Iraqi Ibn al-Haytham who practised the modern scientific method 700 years before Bacon and Descartes, and founded the field of modern optics before Newton? Or even ninth-century zoologist al-Jahith, who developed a theory of natural selection a thousand years before Darwin? The West needs to see the Islamic world through new eyes and the Islamic world, in turn, to take pride in its extraordinarily rich heritage. Anyone who reads this book will understand why.

A Mouse in Solomon's House

Author : Max Thomas
Publisher : Multnomah
ISBN 13 : 9780880707718
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book A Mouse in Solomon's House written by Max Thomas and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 1995-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marble, a young mouse, learns life's valuable lessons in a series of stories dealing with wisdom, personal choice/decision-making, friends, working hard, humility, and honesty. Each story ends with a related scripture.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Author : Thomas Edward Lawrence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781873141182
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Seven Pillars of Wisdom written by Thomas Edward Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Caliph's Splendor

Author : Benson Bobrick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416567623
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Caliph's Splendor written by Benson Bobrick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the story of the celebrated late-eighth and early ninth-century caliph from "The Thousand and One Nights" against a backdrop of Baghdad's cosmopolitan culture and its complex influence on the Byzantine Empire and Frankish kingdom of Charlemagne.

The Book of Ingenious Devices / Kitáb al-Ḥiyal

Author :
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9789027708335
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Ingenious Devices / Kitáb al-Ḥiyal written by and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1978-12-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: skilled in geometry, ingenious devices (!lival), music and astronomy. According to Ibn al-Nad!m and Ibn Khallikän their weakest subject was astronamy, but this seems to conflict with the opinions of Ibn Yunus and al-BIrun!, hoth good judges, who spoke highly of the accuracy of the Banu Musa's astronomical observations. Mul)ammad, who was the most influential of the brothers, specialised in gcomctry and astronomy, and excellcd Al)mad in all the sciences except in the construction of ingenious devices. AI-l: Iasan was a brilliant geometrician with aretenlive memoryand great powers of deduction. A rival onee tried to discredit him in front of al-Ma'mun hy saying that al- l: Iasan had read only six of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. AI-l: Iasan replied by saying that it was unnecessary for him to read the remainder because he could arrive at the answers to any of Euclid's problem s by deduction. AI-Ma'mun acknowledged al-l: Iasan 's skill, but did not excuse him, saying: "laziness has prevented you from 2 reading the whole ofit-it is to geometry as the Ictters a, b, t, 111 are to speech and writing. " (H. 264). AI-l: Iasan is rarely mentioned by name elsewhere in the sources and may have preferred to devote his time to scholarship, whereas his brothers were involved in a variety of undertakings. At the time of their entry into the House of Wisdom the Banu Musil were paar and needy (H.

A Quaker Book Of Wisdom

Author : Robert Lawrence Smith
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062296078
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book A Quaker Book Of Wisdom written by Robert Lawrence Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most valuable aspect of religion," writes Robert Lawrence Smith, "is that it provides us with a framework for living. I have always felt that the beauty and power of Quakerism is that it exhorts us to live more simply, more truthfully, more charitably." Taking his inspiration from the teaching of the first Quaker, George Fox, and from his own nine generations of Quaker forebears, Smith speaks to all of us who are seeking a way to make our lives simpler, more meaningful, and more useful. Beginning with the Quaker belief that "There is that of God in every person," Smith explores the ways in which we can harness the inner light of God that dwells in each of us to guide the personal choices and challenges we face every day. How to live and speak truthfully. How to listen for, trust, and act on our conscience. How to make our work an expression of the best that is in us. Using vivid examples from his own life, Smith writes eloquently of Quaker Meeting, his decision to fight in World War II, and later to oppose the Vietnam War. From his work as an educator and headmaster to his role as a husband and father, Smith quietly convinces that the lofty ideals of Quakerism offer all of us practical tools for leading a more meaningful life. His book culminates with a moving letter to his grandchildren which imparts ten lessons for "letting your life speak."

House of Wisdom

Author : Carmel Reilly
Publisher : Nelson Australia
ISBN 13 : 9780170127141
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book House of Wisdom written by Carmel Reilly and published by Nelson Australia. This book was released on 2008 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House of Wisdom was a large place of learning in Baghdad, built in the early 800s AD. It was a centr eof learning in many areas, but it was most important in the areas of mathematics and science.

The House That Wisdom Built

Author : Kyle J. Hoover
Publisher : Anomalos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780981509129
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The House That Wisdom Built written by Kyle J. Hoover and published by Anomalos Publishing. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plot of The House That Wisdom built is set in the ancient Mesopetamia region in approx. 3000 BC. The writing style is modeled after the King James Bible, giving the book a poetic and romantic effect. The main character's name, Agur, is derived from the name of the mystery writer of Proverbs 30. Since nothing is known of this person, the fictional account of him in this story weaves an intiguing link between what he learns in this book and what people can then read in their own bibles; thus the bible functions as a sort of fascinating continuation of his account. The story begins with a character known as The Greatest Man in the East and documents the exploits of his life. As he lays on his death bed, he calls for his four sons so that the inheritance can be distributed between them. The eldest three sons are foolish yet receive the bulk of the inheritance, while the youngest and wise son, Agur (the main character), receives only a tattered scroll. His father assures Agur that this is the greatest of all of the treasures because it reveals the way to the House That Wisdom Built, and it is the secret of his great wealth and success. Along with the scroll his father promises betrothal to Tanjah who is one of his father's servants, and the secret love of Agur's life. She must remain while he makes this dangerous endeavor.

Unlocking Wisdom

Author : Jim Reitman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977953554
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Unlocking Wisdom written by Jim Reitman and published by . This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reitman's exposition of Job and Ecclesiastes is written for serious Bible students, combining a transparent hermeneutical methodology with a canonical-linguistic expositional style to explore the authors' intended meaning as expressed in the text. This innovative commentary provides a more canonical, literary and synthetic reading of these two books of Wisdom than is available in verse-by-verse exegetical treatments and relates the arguments of the two books to make them eminently applicable to contemporary readers.

Winnie-the-Pooh's Little Book of Wisdom. 90th Anniversary Edition

Author : Alan Alexander Milne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781405281270
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Winnie-the-Pooh's Little Book of Wisdom. 90th Anniversary Edition written by Alan Alexander Milne and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winnie-the-Pooh’s Little Book of Wisdom, is a honeypot full of Wise Words and Useful Advice from the Bear of Very Little Brain. With topics ranging from the 'Art of Disguise' to 'Gastronomic Disappointment', this humorous book gives you Pooh's unique take on life. Based on the classic Winnie-the-Pooh stories by A. A. Milne and featuring E. H. Shepard's delightfully charming illustrations.