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The genius of their age Ibn Sina, Biruni and the lost enlightenment

Title
The genius of their age [electronic resource] : Ibn Sina, Biruni and the lost enlightenment / S. Frederick Starr.
Author
Starr, S. Frederick.
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

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1 online resource (pages cm)
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"--
Uniform Title
Genius of their age (Online)
Alternative Title
  • Genius of their age (Online)
  • Ibn Sina, Biruni and the lost enlightenment
Subject
  • Avicenna, 980-1037
  • Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048
  • Scholars > Asia, Central > Biography
  • Intellectuals > Asia, Central > Biography
  • Asia, Central > Intellectual life
  • Asia, Central > Civilization > Islamic influences
  • Islamic Empire > History > 750-1258
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
ISBN
9780197675571
LCCN
2023032523
OCLC
ssj0002903755
Author
Starr, S. Frederick.
Title
The genius of their age [electronic resource] : Ibn Sina, Biruni and the lost enlightenment / S. Frederick Starr.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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