{"product_id":"the-house-of-wisdom-jim-al-khalili-9780143120568","title":"The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance","description":"\u003cb\u003e A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of Western science had their roots in the Arab world of the middle ages, a period when much of Western Christendom lay in intellectual darkness. Jim al- Khalili, a leading British-Iraqi physicist, resurrects this lost chapter of history, and given current East-West tensions, his book could not be timelier. With transporting detail, al-Khalili places readers in the hothouses of the Arabic Enlightenment, shows how they led to Europe's cultural awakening, and poses the question: Why did the Islamic world enter its own dark age after such a dazzling flowering?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Al-Khalili\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143120565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143120568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.50w x 0.93d","brand":"Jim Al-Khalili","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048177496319,"sku":"9780143120568","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_187e4290-f152-47e2-94bc-ed519edaf9d6.jpg?v=1684994330","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-house-of-wisdom-jim-al-khalili-9780143120568","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}