How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance

nytimes.com

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Science and Islam (documentary) is a BBC series on the topic.

If the Muslims didn't burn down the library of Alexandria I wonder if the Renaissance wouldn't have come much sooner.

The library was probably burnt more than once, and there's no proof that the Muslims did it the last time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#Arabic_so...

"the last time".

You're right to infer that the Christians did their fair share of burning as well, if not more so in this case.