Wonders and Rarities - The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos

Travis Zadeh revives the work of the thirteenth-century Persian scholar Qazw¿n¿, whose Wonders and Rarities was for centuries one of the most influential natural histories in the world. Inviting us to embrace anew Qazw¿n¿'s rationalized study of nature and magic, Zadeh dramatically revises the place of wonder in the history of Islamic thought.

About the author

Travis Zadeh is Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University. He is the author of Mapping Frontiers across Medieval Islam and The Vernacular Qur'an.

Summary

Travis Zadeh revives the work of the thirteenth-century Persian scholar Qazwini, whose Wonders and Rarities was for centuries one of the most influential natural histories in the world. Inviting us to embrace anew Qazwini’s rationalized study of nature and magic, Zadeh dramatically revises the place of wonder in the history of Islamic thought.

Product details

• Authors: Travis Zadeh, Zadeh Travis
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780674258457
• ISBN: 978-0-674-25845-7
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / World, RELIGION / Islam / History, RELIGION / Religion & Science, General & world history, History of Science, Middle Eastern history, General and world history, Religion and science, Religion & science