Al-Mizan: Mapping the Earth in Medieval Islam

Update: 2011-04-06

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A public lecture by Professor Emilie Savage-Smith, FBA, Emeritus Professor of the History of Islamic Science, University of Oxford. Part of the Al-Mizan exhibition which explores the connections between the sciences and arts in Muslim societies.

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Al-Mizan: Mapping the Earth in Medieval Islam

Emilie Savage Smith

Al-Mizan: Mapping the Earth in Medieval Islam