One of Britain's best-loved scientists on the incredible story of Islamic science
Professor Jim Al-Khalili, OBE FRS, is a physicist, author and
broadcaster based at the University of Surrey. He received his PhD
in theoretical nuclear physics in 1989 and has published over a
hundred research papers on quantum physics.
His many popular science books have been translated into twenty-six
languages. He is a recipient of the Royal Michael Faraday medal and
the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal.
In 2016 he received the inaugural Stephen Hawking Medal for Science
Communication. He lives in Southsea, Hampshire, with his wife
Julie.
Brings alive the bubbling invention and delighted curiosity of the
Islamic world ... his command of Arabic mathematical physics
invests his story with sympathy as well as authority
*Guardian*
A fascinating and user-friendly guide to this whole scientific
movement
*Seven, Sunday Telegraph*
Jim Al-Khalili has a passion for bringing to a wider audience not
just the facts of science but its history ... Just as the legacy of
Copernicus and Darwin belongs to all of us, so does that of Ibn
Sina and Ibn al-Haytham. To think otherwise, as this book so
powerfully reveals, is to do disservice to the tradition to which
they belong
*Independent*
Spry, informative and timely ... Al-Khalili takes the reader
through a brisk survey of the highlights of the period
*Scotland on Sunday*
A fascinating introduction to a neglected area. His approachable
style and ability to distil extensive knowledge into simple
narrative makes Pathfinders an absorbing read
*Metro*
Enjoyable and informative ... provides ample evidence for the
compatibility of Islam and science
*Daily Telegraph*
He has brought a great story out of the shadows
*Literary Review*
This captivating book is a timely reminder of the debt owed by the
West to the intellectual achievements of Arab, Persian and Muslim
scholars
*The Times*
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