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Turkish-American physicist Taner Edis explains why science in Muslim lands remains stuck in the past -- and why the Golden Age of Mesopotamia wasn't so golden after all.
A glance at the current issue of Zygon: Islam and scienceCan Islam and science reconcile?, asks Fatima Agha Al-Hayani, a lecturer and expert on Islamic jurisprudence based in Toledo, Ohio. They ...
Ehsan Masood explores the status of science in the Islamic world today for a new series on BBC Radio 4. He asks whether measures taken to promote science in recent years are having an impact. There ...
Wael Ghonim reflects on California Science Center exhibit that chronicles Golden Age of science in Islamic world from 7th-17th century. Accessibility links. ... of every background, ...
ISLAM, SCIENCE, AND THE CHALLENGE OF HISTORY BY AHMAD DALLAL. Animating much of the scientific activity of that time was a question that continues to haunt science and society alike — the ...
You probably already knew that Islam was having a scientific golden age during Europe's middle ... But you might not know that some of the earliest proto-science fiction came from the Islamic world.
The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College explores sources of wonder in the upcoming exhibition Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World. Organized in collaboration ...