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To judge by the dictum of al-Ja~i?: (d. A.D. 869), 'Wisdom has descended upon these three: the brain of the Byzantine, the hands of the Chinese, and the tongue of the Arab', in the great age of the
Author : P. Hill
Publisher : Springer
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 17,69 MB
Release : 1975-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789401025751
To judge by the dictum of al-Ja~i?: (d. A.D. 869), 'Wisdom has descended upon these three: the brain of the Byzantine, the hands of the Chinese, and the tongue of the Arab', in the great age of the
Author : Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz Jazarī
Publisher : Springer
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 23,6 MB
Release : 1973-12-31
Category : History
ISBN :
To judge by the dictum of al-Ja~i?: (d. A.D. 869), 'Wisdom has descended upon these three: the brain of the Byzantine, the hands of the Chinese, and the tongue of the Arab', in the great age of the
Author : Salim T. S. Al-Hassani
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 33,61 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 1426209347
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.
Author : Franklin D. Jones
Publisher : Industrial Press Inc.
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780831110307
''Many contributors have submitted for publication in Machinery's columns most of the mechanical movements described.''.
Author : E. R. Truitt
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 27,63 MB
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0812246977
Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.
Author : Usama ibn Munqidh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2008-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0141919175
The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them.
Author : Stephen N. Fliegel
Publisher : Cleveland Masterwork
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,67 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781907804946
Focuses on one of the most remarkable examples of gothic art to have survived, a unique functioning table decoration.
Author : Hill Donald R. Hill
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 38,14 MB
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0748696512
Author : Christopher Schwarz
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 2018-04
Category :
ISBN : 9780997870275
Author : Asadullah A. Yate
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 34,71 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Islam and social sciences
ISBN :