Avicenna (Ibn Sina): Muslim Physician and Philosopher of the Eleventh Century

Contributor(s): Khan, Aisha (Author)

ISBN: 9781404205093

Publisher: Rosen Central

$29.85

Pub Date: January 30, 2006

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2005015787

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 10 to 13

Physical Info: 0.47" H x 9.74" L x 7.06" W ( 0.88 lbs) 112 pages

BISAC Categories:

Biography and Autobiography | General

Series: Great Muslim Philosophers and Scientists of the Middle Ages

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000104003 ( Avicenna (Ibn Sina): Muslim Physician and Philosopher of the Eleventh Century)

Reading level: 10.10

Interest level: MG

Point value: 3.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Avicenna was considered a child prodigy by the age of ten, and became the most famous physician, philosopher, activist, mathematician, and astronomer of his time. He wrote more than 100 books, the most famous of which was Canon, which outlines the entire known medical knowledge of the period in five volumes.

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