«Such an important and useful book to introduce two of the world's greatest scholars to a wider audience. Fred Starr's delightful work explains the ground-breaking work of Ibn Sina and al-Biruni - and sets their achievements in their rightful, proper context.»

Peter Frankopan, author of The Earth Transformed: An Untold History and The New Silk Roads: The Pres

«Ibn Sina and Biruni, two of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages, have found the ideal person in Frederick Starr to present their intertwining lives and thought to a modern, global readership. Intimately familiar with the medieval Persianate context, widely read in the scholarly literature, and remarkably proficient in his exposition of complex philosophical ideas, Starr has produced a consummate work of historical synthesis that should help introduce these intellectual giants to a new audience.»

Fitzroy Morrissey, All Souls College, Oxford, author of A Short History of Islamic Thought

«[Starr] illuminates the richness of thought that characterized this "lost Enlightenment".»

The New Yorker

«Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates; graduate students»

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