Aladdin's Lamp : How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
by Freely, John
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- ISBN 10
- 030726534X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307265340
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Synopsis
John Freely was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up there and in Ireland before joining the U.S. Navy at seventeen for the last two years of World War II. Since 1960 he has taught physics and the history of science at Bosphorus University in Istanbul, with intervals in New York, Boston, London, Athens, and Venice. He is the author of more than forty books, including Istanbul: The Imperial City; The Western Shores of Turkey; Strolling Through Athens; The Lost Messiah: In Search of the Mystical Rabbi Sabbatai Sevi; and Jem Sultan: The Adventures of a Captive Turkish Prince in Renaissance Europe.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4188695-20
- Title
- Aladdin's Lamp : How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World
- Author
- Freely, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 030726534X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307265340
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2009-02-17
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