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Aristotle, too, lives on in this story: he appears in a dream to a caliph's son, and he fascinates generations of Islamic scholars.

Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science by Jim al-Khalili – review Tim Radford 2010

Many of the caliph's books came from Baghdad, known for its House of Wisdom, where for 200 years works of mathematics, astronomy, physics and medicine had been translated from Greek, Persian and Hindu and further developed by Islamic scholars.

Nancy Marie Brown: The Abacus And The Cross: When The Pope Was A Scientist: Nancy Marie Brown 2010

Why, if dear Bosie were here, instead of indulging him-self so selfishly in Italy, he would write verses to you, ma'mselle - verses like purple blooms in a caliph's garden.

Watershed 2010

Many of the caliph's books came from Baghdad, known for its House of Wisdom, where for 200 years works of mathematics, astronomy, physics and medicine had been translated from Greek, Persian and Hindu and further developed by Islamic scholars.

Nancy Marie Brown: The Abacus and The Cross: When the Pope Was A Scientist Nancy Marie Brown 2010

She looked like Sheherazade in the caliph's garden, and didn't she know it, just?

The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

Many of the caliph's books came from Baghdad, known for its House of Wisdom, where for 200 years works of mathematics, astronomy, physics and medicine had been translated from Greek, Persian and Hindu and further developed by Islamic scholars.

Nancy Marie Brown: The Abacus and The Cross: When the Pope Was A Scientist Nancy Marie Brown 2010

Many of the caliph's books came from Baghdad, known for its House of Wisdom, where for 200 years works of mathematics, astronomy, physics and medicine had been translated from Greek, Persian and Hindu and further developed by Islamic scholars.

Nancy Marie Brown: The Abacus and The Cross: When the Pope Was A Scientist Nancy Marie Brown 2010

Many of the caliph's books came from Baghdad, known for its House of Wisdom, where for 200 years works of mathematics, astronomy, physics and medicine had been translated from Greek, Persian and Hindu and further developed by Islamic scholars.

Nancy Marie Brown: The Abacus And The Cross: When The Pope Was A Scientist: Nancy Marie Brown 2010

Many of the caliph's books came from Baghdad, known for its House of Wisdom, where for 200 years works of mathematics, astronomy, physics and medicine had been translated from Greek, Persian and Hindu and further developed by Islamic scholars.

Nancy Marie Brown: The Abacus and The Cross: When the Pope Was A Scientist Nancy Marie Brown 2010

Presumably General Bradley was named for the poet Omar Khayyam, who bore the caliph's name.

Archive 2008-02-01 Stephen Retherford 2008