When England was a cultural backwater and European nations competed in barbarity, the center of progress and science was found in the Islamic world. Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science highlights the Muslim pioneers who mastered science. Indeed, the international language of science was Arabic for over 700 years. Within these pages, learn about figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practiced the scientific method 50 years before Bacon; al-Khwarizmi, the legendary medieval mathematician; and Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a Persian polymath who could rival da Vinci for sheer brilliance. These Arab and Persian scholars built the foundations that later Western achievements would rely upon.(This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)