Browse Resources
Discussion points for The House of Wisdom
The House of Wisdom Having read Al-Khalili’s book, what would you identify as the most critical elements that led to the florescence of Islamic science?In what ways are these the same as other moments of great intellectual creativity in world…
Map of the Transfer of Scientific Knowledge to Renaissance Europe
As background to the discussion of scientific knowledge in Jim al-Khalili's House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance, the diagram traces the movement of knowlege from East to West over several centuries.…
