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Would-be worlds : how simulation is changing the frontiers of science / John L. Casti

by John L. Casti

This study re-evaluates the origins of the Islamic scientific tradition, arguing its foundations preceded ninth-century Greek translations. It examines innovations in astronomy and explores the influence of Islamic scientific thought on the European Renaissance.

Accession 5706 ISBN 9780262195577 Publisher John Wiley & Sons
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