The genius of their age : Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the lost enlightenment / S. Frederick Starr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starr, S. Frederick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avicenna, 980-1037.

Avicenna.

Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048.

Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad.

Scholars--Asia, Central--Biography.

Scholars.

Intellectuals--Asia, Central--Biography.

Intellectuals.

Asia, Central--Intellectual life.

Asia, Central.

Asia, Central--Civilization--Islamic influences.

Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.

Islamic Empire.

Civilization--Islamic influences.

Intellectual life.

Central Asia.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Ibn Sina, Biruni and the lost enlightenment

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This is a book about two of the most outstanding thinkers to have lived between ancient Greece and the European Renaissance: Ibn Sina and Biruni. Both are known to specialists who have explored and analyzed their writings (what remains of them) for 150 years. But the general public has yet to discover these men and to appreciate their achievements. I hope this will help in that effort"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Together and apart

Privileged prodigies

Promise and disruption

Caught in the whirlwind

Arguing Aristotle

Inventing a world history

From peace to chaos

Nemesis : Mahmud of Ghazni

Ibn Sina, encyclopedist

Expanding the known world

Ibn Sina's adventures

Biruni's masterpiece

The canon of medicine

Biruni's Canon for Masud

The cure

Biruni's encore

Ibn Sina's encore

Biruni and Ibn Sina through the ages

Biruni and Ibn Sani, a millennium on.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Starr, S. Frederick. Genius of their age

ISBN:

9780197675557

0197675557

OCLC:

1346847544