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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Saliba, George.
    Islamic science and the making of the European Renaissance / George Saliba.
        p. cm.
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    ISBN-13: 978-0-262-19557-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    1. Science—Islamic countries—History. 2. Islam and science. 3. Science, Medieval.
4. Civilization—Western—Islamic influences. I. Title.
Q127.I742.S35    2007 509.17’67—dc22
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