Who was the FIRST PERSON TO FLY? No, not Daedalus, Icarus or the Wright Brothers.
Who invented the CAMERA, ALGEBRA and ANESTHESIA? The Great Inventors of the Golden Age of Islam.
Modern history books, and internet research on the most influential astronomers of all time fail to include astronomers from the Golden Age of Islam. Research will provide the following 10 leading astronomers: Claudius Ptolemy (2nd Century CE); Tycho Brahe (1546-1601); Galileo Galilei (1564-1642); Johannes Kepler (1571-1630); William Herschel (1738-1822); Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827); Sir Arthur Eddington (1882-1944); Edwin Hubble (1889-1953); Gerhard Kuiper (1905-1973) and Carl Sagan (1934-1996). Only one of these 10 astronomers was born prior to 1546. So, what about the astronomers of the Golden Age of Islam? This book will introduce you to many Islamic astronomers who have been denied their historical and timeless significance.
What most students of history will learn for this same period is the Dark Ages, the Crusades, and the Black Plague but not the Golden Age of Islam. When the rest of Europe and Asia were losing all sense of what they had become up until the 8th Century, Islam was relatively new since the founding of the world religion of Islam by the prophet Muhammad ibn Abdullah (570-632 CE).
This collection will introduce readers to the leading minds of the Golden Age of Islam, their great personal achievements, and incredible contributions to both the people of Islam and future generations of Europe, Asia, and the world. It will also give you tidbits of history you can share with your family, friends, and children.
Enjoy lots of colorful graphics, paintings and photographs of incredible inventions and Islamic Architecture.
Printed in 81/2 x 10 to be a table top book to share with friends to your home.
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