The house of wisdom: how Arabic science saved ancient knowledge and gave us the Renaissance
New York
Penguin Books
Includes bibliographical references and index
Jim Al-Khalili
A dream of Aristotle -- The rise of Islam -- Translation -- The lonely alchemist -- The house of wisdom -- Big science -- Numbers -- Algebra -- The philosopher -- The medic -- The physicist -- The prince and the pauper -- Andalusia -- The Maragha Revolution -- Decline and Renaissance -- Science and Islam today -- Timeline : then Islamic world from antiquity to the beginning of the modern period