The Abbasid House of Wisdom: Between Myth and Reality
Author:   Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   94
Publication Date:   01 August 2022
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The Abbasid House of Wisdom: Between Myth and Reality


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Author:   Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.120kg
ISBN:  

9781032347455


ISBN 10:   1032347457
Pages:   94
Publication Date:   01 August 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Baghdad and the Rise of Interest in Foreign Sciences 2. Creating A Myth 3. Dissecting the Myth 4. What to Call a Library in Arabic? 5. What was the Abbasid Caliph’s Library Called? 6. Was the House of Science an Arena for Debates? 7. What was the Reality? 8. What Happened to the House of Wisdom? 9. The Impact 10. Concluding Remarks

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Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu is a Turkish scholar and diplomat and a pioneer of studies of Ottoman Science and the history of institutions of learning. He was the founder and chair of the first Department of the History of Science in Turkey at the University of Istanbul, the IRCICA, the Turkish Society for the History of Science, and president of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science from 2001 to 2005. He is editor and co-author of many volumes, including 18 volumes of History of Ottoman Science Literature, laureate of Alexandre Koyré Medal.

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