LEADER 02744nam 22006374a 450 001 9910823828003321 005 20230124182845.0 010 $a1-282-49934-3 010 $a9786612499340 010 $a0-8108-6244-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000706169 035 $a(EBL)467044 035 $a(OCoLC)299167031 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000114823 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12017531 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114823 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10125739 035 $a(PQKB)10777476 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467044 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467044 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364538 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL249934 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000706169 100 $a20080630d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBrilliant Biruni$b[electronic resource] $ea life story of Abu Rayhan Mohammad Ibn Ahmad /$fM. Kamiar 210 $aLanham, Md. $cScarecrow Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8108-6243-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 184-187) and index. 327 $aVillage 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. 330 $aAbu 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. 606 $aMuslim scientists$zIran$vBiography 606 $aScientists$zIran$vBiography 606 $aGeography$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aScience, Medieval 606 $aScience and civilization 615 0$aMuslim scientists 615 0$aScientists 615 0$aGeography$xHistory 615 0$aScience, Medieval. 615 0$aScience and civilization. 676 $a509.2 700 $aKamiar$b Mohammad$01710222 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823828003321 996 $aBrilliant Biruni$94100659 997 $aUNINA