"Most intellectual tradition, including if may say so, our own (West) tend to work very hard to keep everybody else out. Whereas here we have an example of an enterprise which is desperate, curious to turn itself into a net-importer of intellectual product.
That is a very important lesson from history of science."
Professor Simon Schaffer (University of Cambridge) remarked regarding the 'translation movement' during Caliph al-Ma'mun reign of the Abbasid era.
Just finished watching Science and Islam (1st episode) hosted by Prof. Jim Al-Khalili on BBC iPlayer. Above was a quote from the documentary that I found rather interesting.
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11 years ago
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