{"product_id":"the-house-of-wisdom-by-jonathan-lyons-9781408801215","title":"The House of Wisdom","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages and barely able to tell the time of day. Arab culture, however, was thriving and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion that dazzled the likes of British adventurer Adelard of Bath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Arabs could measure the earth's circumference (a feat not matched in the West for eight hundred years); they discovered algebra; were adept at astronomy and navigation, developed the astrolabe, translated all the Greek scientific and philosophical texts including, importantly, those of Aristotle. Without them, and the knowledge that travellers like Adelard brought back to the West, Europe would have been a very different place over the last millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan Lyons restores credit to the Arab thinkers of the past in this riveting history of science from its earliest and most thrilling days in \u003cem\u003eThe House of Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464357134572,"sku":"9781408801215","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781408801215-the-house-of-wisdom.jpg?v=1775048089","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-house-of-wisdom-by-jonathan-lyons-9781408801215","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}