The Genius of their Age
Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the Lost Enlightenment
(Sprache: Englisch)
A portrait of the Arab enlightenment and its key figures, Ibn Sina and Biruni. In The Genius of Their Age, S. Frederick Starr brings to vibrant life an age when Muslim scientists and philosophers from Central Asia anticipated the Western renaissance of science by half a millennium.
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A portrait of the Arab enlightenment and its key figures, Ibn Sina and Biruni. In The Genius of Their Age, S. Frederick Starr brings to vibrant life an age when Muslim scientists and philosophers from Central Asia anticipated the Western renaissance of science by half a millennium.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Genius of their Age “
- Introduction
- 1: Together and Apart
- 2: Privileged Prodigies
- 3: Promise and Disruption
- 4: Caught in the Whirlwind
- 5: Arguing Aristotle
- 6: Inventing a World History
- 7: From Peace to Chaos
- 8: Nemesis: Mahmud of Ghazni
- 9: Ibn Sina, Encyclopedist
- 10: Expanding the Known World
- 11: Ibn Sina's Adventures
- 12: Biruni's Masterpiece
- 13: The Canon of Medicine
- 14: Biruni's Canon for Masud
- 15: The Cure
- 16: Biruni's Encore
- 17: Ibn Sina's Encore
- 18: Biruni and Ibn Sina through the Ages
- 19: Biruni and Ibn Sina, a Millennium On
Autoren-Porträt von S. Frederick Starr
S. Frederick Starr is Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the American Foreign Policy Council. Beginning his career in archaeology in Turkey, he went on to serve as founding chairman of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies at The Wilson Center, vice-president of Tulane University, and president of Oberlin College and the Aspen Institute. His two dozen books and hundreds of other writings focus on the interaction of culture and politics and cover fields as diverse as architecture, diplomacy, history, political science, and music. His pioneering Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age sparked worldwide interest in the achievements of Central Asian civilization during its greatest era.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: S. Frederick Starr
- 2024, 312 Seiten, Maße: 16,8 x 23,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0197675557
- ISBN-13: 9780197675557
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.01.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
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