Author: Lyons, Jonathan

Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Edition: Illustrated

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Binding: Paperback

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 272

Release Date: 30-03-2010

model number: 2724435045402

Part Number: 2724435045402

Details: Review "Sophisticated and thoughtful... In "The" "House of Wisdom," [Lyons] shapes his narrative around the travels of the little-known but extraordinary Adelard of Bath, an English monk who traveled to the East in the early 12th century.... Mr. Lyons's narrative is vivid and elegant."--"Wall Street Journal""With a storyteller's eye for the revealing detail and an artist's feel for the sweep of history, Jonathan Lyons has uncovered the debt that the Christian world--and Western civilization--owes to Muslim philosophy and science. "House of Wisdom" is a fascinating and picturesque page-turner."--Ian Bremmer, author of "The J Curve""Lyons capably delineates the fascinating journey of this knowledge to the West, highlighting a few key figures, including Adelard of Bath, whose years spent in Antioch paid off grandly in bringing forth his translations of Euclid and al-Khwarizmi; and Michael Scot, science adviser and court astrologer to Frederick II, who translated Avicenna and Averroes."--Kirkus ""The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization "is a 320-page treasure trove of information for the uninitiated that packs a powerful punch of science, history, geography, politics and general knowledge at a time when so much disinformation about the Arab world is swirling around in various media."--Magda Abu-Fadil, "Huffington Post""Jonathan Lyons tells the story of the House of Wisdom, the caliphs who supported it and the people who worked there, at a riveting, breakneck pace."--"Times" (UK)"Sophisticated and thoughtful...In "The House of Wisdom," Jonathan Lyons shapes his narrative around the travels of the little-known but extraordinary Adelard of Bath, an Englishmonk who traveled to the East in the early 12th century and learned Arabic well enough to translate mathematical treatises into English.... Mr. Lyons's narrative is vivid and elegant." -Eric Ormsby, "Wall Street Journal""Jonathan Lyons vividly conveys the excitement young European scholars travelling east must have felt as they glimpsed a dazzling new world of learning." -Jo Marchant, "New Scientist" (UK)"In unearthing this buried intellectual heritage, Jonathan Lyons gives us a new and important understanding of our historical and cultural relation to Islam and the Arab world... this is a well crafted, powerful account which asks us to re-examine our assumptions about East and West, a task never so necessary as now." -Marc Lambert, "Scotsman" (UK)"""With a storyteller's eye for the revealing detail and an artist's feel for the sweep of history, Jonathan Lyons has uncovered the debt that the Christian world--and Western civilization--owes to Muslim philosophy and science. "House of Wisdom" is a fascinating and picturesque page-turner."--Ian Bremmer, author of "The J Curve""Lyons capably delineates the fascinating journey of this knowledge to the West, highlighting a few key figures, including Adelard of Bath, whose years spent in Antioch paid off grandly in bringing forth his translations of Euclid and al-Khwarizmi; and Michael Scot, science adviser and court astrologer to Frederick II, who translated Avicenna and Averroes."--Kirkus ""The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization "is a 320-page treasure trove of information for the uninitiated that packs a powerful punch of science, history, geography, politics and general knowledge at a time when so much disinformation about the Arab world is swirling around in various media."--Magda Abu-Fadil, "Huffington Post""Jonathan Lyons tells the story of the House of Wisdom, the caliphs who supported it and the people who worked there, at a riveting, breakneck pace."--"Times" (UK)With a storyteller's eye for the revealing detail and an artist's feel for the sweep of history, Jonathan Lyons has uncovered the debt that the Christian world--and Western civilization--owes to Muslim philosophy and science. "House of Wisdom" is a fascinating and picturesque page-turner.--Ian Bremmer, author o

EAN: 9781608190584

Package Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches

Languages: English