Pathfinders: The Golden Age Of Arabic Science
by
Jim Al-Khalili
Description: Pathfinders: The Golden Age Of Arabic Science details key figures and contributions from the period when Arabic was the primary language of scientific knowledge, highlighting pioneers like Ibn Al-Haytham and al-Khwarizmi
ISBN: 0141038365
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The reason it is tagged “Islamic” is presumably because the golden age of Persian/Arabic science happened in unison with the early rise of Islam, along with a blooming of industry and culture in general. This may not have been coincidental. The early Islamic world was a lot more inquisitive and open-minded than the western world of the time. It wasn’t till a couple centuries later that reactionary religious conservatism gained the upper hand; and several centuries more before Europe would best its own reactionary religious conservatism in shape of the Renaissance.
Physicist Jim al-Khalili has written on the subject:
https://www.amazon.com/Pathfinders-Golden-Age-Arabic-Science...
(Also some documentaries if you want to search on Youtube.)