Pathfinders
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- 9781846141614
Pathfinders is a history, discoveries in science book by Jim Al-Khalili.
About this book
*From the back of the book:* For over 700 years, the international language of science was Arabic. In *Pathfinders*, Jim Al-Khalili celebrates the forgotten, inspiring pioneers who helped shape our understanding of the world during the golden age of Arabix science, including Arabic physicist Ibn Al-Haytham, who practiced the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon; al-Khwarizmi, the greatest mathematician of the medieval world; and Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a Persian polymath to rival Leonardo da Vinci.
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Pathfinders is a History, Discoveries in science, Western Civilization, Arab influences, Civilization, western book.
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*From the back of the book:* For over 700 years, the international language of science was Arabic. In *Pathfinders*, Jim Al-Khalili celebrates the forgotten, inspiring pioneers who helped shape our understanding of the world during the golden age of Arabix science, including Arabic physicist Ibn...
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Pathfinders was written by Jim Al-Khalili.