TY  - DATA
AU  - Serageldin,Ismail
ED  - Bibliotheque Alexandrie
TI  - 50 centuries of Science: Muslim Grandeur
T2  - HORZONS : Exploration in Science Old and New
PY  - 2012///-
CY  - Alexandria
PB  - Bibliotheque Alexandrie
KW  - Architecture, Domestic
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Cairo
KW  - History
KW  - Civilization of Alexandria (Egypt)
KW  - Civilization, Oriental
KW  - Documentary films
KW  - East and West
KW  - History of Science
KW  - Housing
KW  - Muslim scholars
KW  - Science
KW  - Technology
KW  - Cairo in 19th century
N1  - 50 centuries of science: This is the story of science in Egypt . it is the story of 50 centuries of science embracing astronomy. Mathematics. Engineering, medicine and many other fields, including the development of modern empirical methods a thousand years ago, centuries before the European Renaissance. And  how, after a perod of stagnation, egypt is re-igniting its talents to join in the 21st century enterprise of global knowledge; Explorations in science old and new: A TV series of 25-minute episodes prepared and presented by Ismall serageldin (Available in Arabic and English); Muslim Grandeur: From the 7th and 8th centuries the light of reason and of sciecne would be maintained by Muslims in their vast empires from andalusia to the indian subcontinent. Tolerant and open to all cultures, they studied anciet texts, used the decimal numeral system, adopted the empirical method and arabic replaced greek as the primary language of science. Astronomy, mahematics, medicine, optics, and other fields advanced. It was the age of muslim grandeur.; There is a copy of it in Arabic; All General
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