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The Arab World’s Scientific Desert.  One can’t help but muse that if their scientific study had stayed at a high level, the world would be a much different place.  Who would have been first to “The Bomb?”  Thoughts of interesting histories in parallel universes.

03/03/04 • 04:15 PM • History • Politics • Scholarly • (2) Comments

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I recommend the years of rice and salt by kim stanley robinson for a fictional account of this very thing.

I am halfway through and enjoying it very much.
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Posted by rebecca blood on 03/03/04 at 05:24 PM

I think it was Boorstin’s “The Discoverers” that reinforced my appreciation of Arab contributions to science.

I’ll look for the book.  Thanks!

Posted by Garret on 03/03/04 at 05:58 PM

 

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