- History of Science, Islamic science, Technological innovations, Technology, history
This was a tremendously influential book describing various inventions of the tenth century House of Wisdom era in what is now Iraq. The Banu Musa (brothers) explored various scientific subject, built public works projects, and, from all accounts, created some inventions that would have put the 1950s cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, to shame.
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Warm, plot-driven, cool and classical in form.
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- Author
- P. Hill
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 273
- Publisher
- Springer
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9789027708335
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