Reveals the origins and development of Bimaristans or hospitals in the ancient Muslim world and the discovery of the scientific method.

Lists the famed Muslim scientists, astronomers and philosophers of the Middle Ages along with the cities they practiced and taught in.

Describes the famed House of Wisdom, a 9th century think-tank located in Baghdad. Profiles the many scholars who studied there.

Profiles the many Islamic schools of the arts and sciences that developed just prior to the European Renaissance.

Thomas F. Glick traces the development of the sciences in Islamic and Christian Spain during the Middle Ages.