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Warriors of the cloisters : the Central Asian origins of science in the medieval world

Title
Warriors of the cloisters : the Central Asian origins of science in the medieval world / Christopher I. Beckwith.
Author
Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.

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Description
xvi, 211 p.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The recursive argument method of medieval science -- From college and universitas to university -- Buddhist Central Asian invention of the method -- Islamization in classical Arabic Central Asia -- Transmission to medieval Western Europe -- India, Tibet, China, Byzantium, and other control cases.
Call Number
JFE 13-649
ISBN
  • 9780691155319 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0691155313 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012003721
OCLC
774982531
Author
Beckwith, Christopher I., 1945-
Title
Warriors of the cloisters : the Central Asian origins of science in the medieval world / Christopher I. Beckwith.
Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-649
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