Islam & Science articles from December 2008

Islam & Science archives from December 2008

Some upstream research programs for Muslim mathematicians: operationalizing Islamic values in the sciences through mathematical creativity.(Report)
December 22, 2008... This article is inspired to a large extent by my reading and understanding of the works of Roshdi Rashed (1) and Imre Lakatos. (2) In my opinion their works, among those of others, (3) are very important for creative (4) Muslim mathematicians...

Darwin's shadow: context and reception in the western world.(Report)
December 22, 2008... Introduction On the afternoon of July 1, 1858, Charles Lyell (1797-1875) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), two friends of a forty-nine-old man who had lost faith in the Bible, (1) presented two papers at a meeting of the Linnean...

Jose Luis Mancha: Studies in Medieval Astronomy and Optics.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Jose Luis Mancha: Studies in Medieval Astronomy and Optics Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum, 2006 vii+338pp, HC, ISBN 978-0-86078-996-3 Ten articles collected in this book under three headings are, like many other volumes in Ashgate's...

Salim T. S. Al-Hassani (Chief Editor), Elizabeth Woodcock and Rabah Saoud (Co-editors): 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World.(Salim Taky Sadig Al Hassani)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Salim T. S. Al-Hassani (Chief Editor), Elizabeth Woodcock and Rabah Saoud (Co-editors): 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World Manchester, UK: Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation, 2006, 376 pp. HC, ISBN...

Is Islamic science possible?
December 22, 2008... Enough has been said by the proponents of Islamic science and by those for whom even the term "Islamic science" is an oxymoron. In fact, too much has been said by both sides and the discourse has often spilled over to unrelated territories....