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Books From the Collection
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Transforming Matter
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ISBN: 9780801866104Publication Date: 2001-08-03In Transforming Matter, Levere examines the dynamic rise of chemistry from the study of alchemy in the seventeenth century to the development of organic and inorganic chemistry in the age of government-funded research and corporate giants. In the past two centuries, he points out, the number of known elements has quadrupled. And because of synthesis, chemistry has increasingly become a science that creates much of what it studies. -
A History of Islam in 21 Women
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ISBN: 9781786076434Publication Date: 2019-09-26In this unique history, Hossein Kamaly celebrates the lives and achievements of twenty-one extraordinary women in the story of Islam, from the formative days of the religion to the present. -
Seventy Great Journeys in History
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ISBN: 9780500251294Publication Date: 2006-11-01The adventurous stories of the greatest explorers in history, illustrated with hundreds of evocative portraits, photographs, paintings, and maps. In antiquity, we follow Alexander the Great to the Indus and Hannibal across the Alps; in medieval times we trek beside Genghis Khan and Ibn Battuta. -
Islam
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ISBN: 9781851683772Publication Date: 2007-04-26Providing a masterful overview of Islam's 1,400-year history, Küng's critically acclaimed bestseller examines its fundamental beliefs and practices, outlines the major schools of thought, and surveys the positions of Islam on the urgent questions of the day. Deft, assured, and comprehensive, this essential reference work is now available in paperback for the first time. -
1001 Inventions: the Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization
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ISBN: 9781426209345Publication Date: 2012-02-281001 Inventions- The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization takes readers on a journey through years of forgotten Islamic history to discover one thousand fascinating scientific and technological inventions still being used throughout the world today.
Online Resources
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Crest of the Peacock
The Crest of the Peacock makes it clear that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking. George Gheverghese Joseph takes us on a breathtaking multicultural tour of the roots and shoots of non-European mathematics. He shows us the deep influence that the Egyptians and Babylonians had on the Greeks, the Arabs' major creative contributions, and the astounding range of successes of the great civilizations of India and China. -
Internet History Sourcebooks | Fordham University
Designed and maintained by Paul Halsall, the Internet History Sourcebooks Project is one of the most visited pedagogical sites in the world and has received numerous accolades from teachers and scholars. Navigate through Halsall's site for each of the main and subsidiary sourcebooks.