Western science owes much to Islam's golden age — a debt that is often forgotten. To help redress the balance, Fuat Sezgin has reconstructed a host of scientific treasures using ancient Arabic texts. Alison Abbott reports.
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Abbott, A. Rebuilding the past. Nature 432, 794–795 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/432794a
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