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.
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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.
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