History of Science Series – serie
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Science in the Medieval World
Book of the Categories of Nations
Av Sa`id al-Andalusi, I. Salem
Häftad, 1996
219 kr
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During the Middle Ages, a thriving center for learning and research was Muslim Spain, where students gathered to consult Arabic manuscripts of earlier scientific works and study with famous teachers. One of these teachers was Sa'id al-Andalusi, who in 1068 wrote Kitab Tabaqat al-'Umam, or "Book of …
Big and Bright
A History of the McDonald Observatory
Av David S. Evans, J. Derral Mulholland
Häftad, 1986
273 kr
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By day, every year over 40,000 visitors pour in. Across the Rio Grande, a hundred miles away, Mexican mountaineers use the white domes as landmarks. By night, perched almost 7,000 feet above the sleeping, earthbound world, astronomers probe the secrets of the night sky. This is the University of …
Dioscorides on Pharmacy and Medicine
Häftad, 1986
371 kr
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For 1,600 years Dioscorides (ca. AD 40–80) was regarded as the foremost authority on drugs. He knew mild laxatives and strong purgatives, analgesics for headaches, antiseptics for wounds, emetics to rid one of ingested poisons, chemotherapy agents for cancer treatments, and even oral …
