Pathfinders: the golden age of arabic science
Auteur :
Al-Khalili, Jim
Éditeur :
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN :
9780141038360
Date de publication :
26 janv. 2012
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
270 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, the author reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon.