The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance 9781101476239, 2010053136

The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings 0061259195, 9780061259197, 9780061717154

The inside story of how people invented and refined the airplane. Who were aviation's dreamers and from where did t

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Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science

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Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will 9780691226224

An evolutionary case for the existence of free will Scientists are learning more and more about how brain activity cont

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The Revolutions of Wisdom: Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science 0520058320

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How the Black Death Gave Us the NHS 9781399001755, 9781399001748, 1399001752

As the world is gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, all eyes in the UK have been on our NHS heroes. But where did they

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The Secrets of the I Ching: Ancient Wisdom and New Science 9781250896483, 1250896487

A comprehensive guide to the mysteries of the I Ching. Originally discovered around 3,000 BCE, the I Ching is a collecti

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Medieval Science in the North: Travelling Wisdom, 1000-1500 (Knowledge, Scholarship, and Science in the Middle Ages) (Knowledge, Scholarship, and Science in the Middle Ages, 2) 9782503588049, 2503588042

Medieval science has become an increasingly popular area of academic interest over the past couple of decades, but much

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic 0008484392, 9780008484392

From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—here is aw

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The Renaissance of Mechanics: Ancient Science in the Age of Humanism 3031455045, 9783031455049

This book gives an account of the origins of theoretical mechanics in antiquity, its limited reception in the Arabic and

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The Renaissance of Mechanics: Ancient Science in the Age of Humanism 3031455045, 9783031455049

This book gives an account of the origins of theoretical mechanics in antiquity, its limited reception in the Arabic and

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