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Chromatic_Jon  ·  3253 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are your best reccomendations for history books?

So I've heard it said that many Islamic cultures were at the forefront of scientific investigation sometime after the Greeks but before Europeans. I never hear about any specific Islamic scholars or their accomplishments though. Does the book touch on anything like that?