Brilliant Biruni : a life story of Abu Rayhan Mohammad Ibn Ahmad / / M. Kamiar

• Autore: Kamiar Mohammad
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 509.2
• Soggetto topico: Muslim scientists - Iran; Scientists - Iran; Geography - History - To 1500; Science, Medieval; Science and civilization
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-187) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Brilliant Biruni
• ISBN: 1-282-49934-3; 9786612499340; 0-8108-6244-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823828003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II