1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization: Official Companion to the 1001 Inventions Exhibition

It is probably the most informative and well written book about the great scientific achievements of human history. Our current knowledge rests on the discoveries of thousands of Muslim scientists and explorers before us. It was amazing to discover how much of what we take for granted today was discovered by Muslim scientists. It is sad that we don't acknowledge Muslim achievements in sciences, exploration, architecture and philosophy that started the renaissance. It truly is a an enduring legacy for all of us to acknowledge and cherish. National Geographic Society has done a great service by supporting this project. It is a well researched and a wonderfully written book.

For Islam, this books remind me of the China of my youth. Like most Americans, fourty-five years ago, I new very little of China's geography culture, economy, politics, education system, and living standards. In my world history class, China had been just a few pages. Then Nixon opened the doors of information between our nations.I have always had a great, (amateur) interest in the development of science and technology. But, in all my reading, the impression is created that science is the story of advances almost entirely achieved in Europe and America. This book opens my doors to the interesting discoveries of long-past in Islam.

This is incredible book with marvelous collections of inventions and science from Islamic history. These Muslim scientists span from Middle East, Turkey, Spain, Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. This book shows how Muslim scientists created gliders to fly, astrolabes for measuring star positions, perform surgery, and made great strides in mathematics and geometry. These inventions and discoveries gave a way to European Renaissance and taught the whole world about Arabic numerals, Algebra, Astronomy, Medicine, Chemistry, etc.

It's very refreshing to finally see a work of science and research giving due where it's worth. Muslim contribution to modern sciences and arts has so long been neglected and forgotten that our children have no idea who the real inventors and discoverers are of so many things we use today. Even names of scientists like "Ibn Sina" and "Al-Razi" have been mutated in the English language to "Avicenna" and "Razes", erasing the Arab identity of these great scientists. This book brings back to life a golden era in history - The Middle Ages - that is so very poorly named "The Dark Ages". During this era, scientists and inventors of all faiths living in the Muslim civilization made huge contributions in almost every field of science and art that have a life-altering impact on us today. This book is an eye-opener for both adults and children, and I really believe it should be part of every Middle and High School curriculum. Brilliant illustrations, carefully researched text, a wealth of knowledge. A must-have for every household. I purchased one for my family, and will definitely be giving copies of this book as gifts for some time to come.

gifted this to my friends son for Eid and he was over the moon <3 he has borrowed the children's version from the library but was so happy with the amount of information this has. a beautiful piece

A great book that tells the truth about how much ISLAM AND THE ARABS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO WORLD FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIMES.its unfortunate that true history is not taught in American schools.

so anybody with arab-islam shelf must get it, for it beautifully packages the fascinating world of islam. 350 pages that work very well as intro for this topic, a difficult one, 'cause islam's 14 hundred years (give or take a century or two), well it's huge ! the book organizes all the relevant intro stuff in 350 pages - it's a feat - significant tip of the hat to everybody involved with it: the exhibition of which the book is catalog, the teamwork of historians that wrote the catalog entries, the engineer (arab origin, teaches Ivy League) that was driving force, national geographic the show sponsor and godfather, well just about everything connected with the project, American soil generated bien sûr but international, is of the toppest level. Also: what Amazon carries is a second or third edition of catalog (I'd guess the original would cost you), but at extremely reasonable price. Some will say it's not a book: that it's a huge magazine - it's "just" a catalog (catalog: non-book) - cultural ideology prop stuff - of course they would all be right. but what else does one want these times ? note - praise Allah and grab one quick.

Item arrived 2 weeks a go! Both informative and educational. Great read!