Description |
1 online resource (viii, 192 pages) : map |
Contents |
Village of Vasemereed, Khwarazam, south of Lake Aral, central Asia -- Into the darkness -- Into slavery -- Mulla Hasssan -- The ghuzz -- Yalldowz -- The escape -- Yalldowz again -- The people of Tammami -- Abu Nasr Mansur -- The Andalusians -- Debates -- Lady Rayhana (sweet basil) -- Political turmoil -- The wandering years -- The city of Gorgan -- Azarmidoukht -- Maria again -- Fruitful years -- The city of Ghazna -- India -- The end |
Summary |
Abu Raihan Biruni (973-1053 CE) was an Iranian scholar whose extraordinary achievements include predicting the existence of landmasses (North and South America) on the opposite side of the Earth and calculating the radius of the Earth five centuries before the European Renaissance. In Brilliant Biruni, Mohammad S. Kamiar presents the life of one of the greatest scholars in the history of the world: the story of a boy who became Biruni. From his boyhood home in the Village of Vasemereed to his finalresting place in the city of Ghazna, Afghanistan, Brilliant Biruni: The Story of Abu Rayhan Moha |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-187) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048.
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Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048 -- Sources
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SUBJECT |
Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973?-1048 fast |
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Muslim scientists -- Iran -- Biography
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Scientists -- Iran -- Biography
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Geography -- History -- To 1500
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Science, Medieval.
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Science and civilization.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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Geography
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Muslim scientists
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Science and civilization
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Science, Medieval
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Scientists
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Iran
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Sources
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008029120 |
ISBN |
9780810862449 |
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0810862441 |
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1282499343 |
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9781282499348 |
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9786612499340 |
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6612499346 |
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