{"product_id":"9781509829620","title":"The Map of Knowledge : How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Moller, Violet, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/03\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages, 16pp colour plates \u0026amp; integrated b\/w,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Picador,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: PAN MACMILLAN ,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: History of ideas, General \u0026amp; world history \u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781509829620\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn The Map of Knowledge Violet Moller traces the journey taken by the ideas of three of the greatest scientists of antiquity - Euclid, Galen and Ptolemy - through seven cities and over a thousand years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn it, we follow them from sixth-century Alexandria to ninth-century Baghdad, from Muslim Cordoba to Catholic Toledo, from Salerno's medieval medical school to Palermo, capital of Sicily's vibrant mix of cultures, and - finally - to Venice, where that great merchant city's printing presses would enable Euclid's geometry, Ptolemy's system of the stars and Galen's vast body of writings on medicine to spread even more widely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn tracing these fragile strands of knowledge from century to century, from east to west and north to south, Moller also reveals the web of connections between the Islamic world and Christendom, connections that would both preserve and transform astronomy, mathematics and medicine from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVividly told and with a dazzling cast of characters, The Map of Knowledge is an evocative, nuanced and vibrant account of our common intellectual heritage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022839578777,"sku":"9781509829620","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781509829620.jpg?v=1602536421","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781509829620","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}