The statement "from the 7th century onwards" is slightly misleading. How many of these inventions were done after the fifteen century? In the past century?
On Apr 17, 2010, at 8:17 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
A new exhibit opens at the Science Museum, London. Its description: "1001 Inventions is a global educational initiative that promotes awareness of a thousand years of scientific and cultural achievements from Muslim civilisation from the 7th century onwards, and how those contributions helped build the foundations of our modern world." See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-islamic- inventors-changed-the-world-469452.html or http://tinyurl.com/1001-inventions for a news report on it. See http://www.1001inventions.com/ for the exhibit itself. Looks pretty stunning (and free, except for airfare, of course). You might also check out a Harry Potter-ish short film intended for schoolchildren starring the great Sir Ben Kingsley (you loved him in "Gandhi") at http://www.1001inventions.com/media/video/library (Note that it starts slowly, and is distorted on the computer monitor). No listing at the website of the 1001 inventions promised, as far as I can discover (I suppose you have to attend the exhibit to get that), but there's an impressive bibilography at: http://www.1001inventions.com/academicreferences Stephen
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