Bibliograph

The genius of their age, Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the lost enlightenment, S. Frederick Starr

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The genius of their age, Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the lost enlightenment, S. Frederick Starr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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collective biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The genius of their age

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1346847544

Responsibility statement

S. Frederick Starr

Sub title

Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the lost enlightenment

Summary

"This is a book about two of the most outstanding thinkers to have lived between ancient Greece and the European Renaissance: Ibn Sina and Biruni. Both are known to specialists who have explored and analyzed their writings (what remains of them) for 150 years. But the general public has yet to discover these men and to appreciate their achievements. I hope this will help in that effort"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Together and apart -- Privileged prodigies -- Promise and disruption -- Caught in the whirlwind -- Arguing Aristotle -- Inventing a world history -- From peace to chaos -- Nemesis : Mahmud of Ghazni -- Ibn Sina, encyclopedist -- Expanding the known world -- Ibn Sina's adventures -- Biruni's masterpiece -- The canon of medicine -- Biruni's Canon for Masud -- The cure -- Biruni's encore -- Ibn Sina's encore -- Biruni and Ibn Sina through the ages -- Biruni and Ibn Sani, a millennium on

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Ibn Sina, Biruni and the lost enlightenment

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