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Why does ice float on the surface of water?(Essay)
The regular mail pouch that went with the caravan from KhwArazm to Bukhara on a certain spring day had a letter from AbC RayhAn al-Biruni for Ibn Sina. The letter continued their discussion from where it was left in the previous letter, but this time al-BirCni asked two additional questions: (i) If things expand on heating and contract on cooling, then why does a sealed flask full of water break upon freezing? (ii) Why does ice float on the surface of water although it is closer to earthly nature in its accumulation of cold and in its concrete solidity?
"The answer to your first question is already present in the question itself," responded Ibn SinA in a letter ...
- Ibn Sina--al-Biruni correspondence-VIII.
- Magazine article from: Islam & Science Berjak, Rafik Iqbal, Muzaffar June 22, 2007 700+ words
...Biruni. Keywords: Ibn Sina-al-Biruni correspondence...in the flask. [Ibn Sina], however, had...in [the case of] water and the flask together...is under air and water; wherever it is...and metaphysics. [Ibn Sina] also clarified...
- Ibn Sina--al-Biruni correspondence (4).
- Magazine article from: Islam & Science Berjak, Rafik Iqbal, Muzaffar December 22, 2004 700+ words
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- Saudi joint venture firm is compiling an outstanding worker safety record. (IBN...
- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily July 29, 1986 700+ words
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- The achievements of IBN SINA in the field of science and his contributions to...
- Magazine article from: Islam & Science Nasr, Seyyed Hossein December 1, 2003 700+ words
Ibn Sina is generally known as one of the most important...historical interest, the article argues, Ibn Sina's philosophy of science is a useful beginning...of science. The article also discusses Ibn Sina's importance in the philosophy of health...
- Ibn Sina and Husserl on intention and intentionality.
- Philosophy East and West Banchetti-Robino, Marina Paola January 1, 2004 700+ words
...the Islamic philosopher and physician Ibn Sina (latinized as Avicenna) and the phenomenological...There are profound differences between Ibn Sina's and Husserl's accounts of intention...To this end, I shall first examine Ibn Sina's naturalistic conception of intention...
- Ibn Sina and Abu al-Barakat al-Baghdadi on the origination of the soul (Huduth...
- Magazine article from: Islam & Science Abdullah Wan, Suhaimi Wan December 22, 2007 700+ words
...article presents a comparative survey of Ibn Sina and Abu al-Barakat's views on the...differ in defining their views. Keywords: Ibn Sina; Abu al-Barakat al-Baghdadi; psychology...Aristotelian point of view as expounded by Ibn Sina, and evaluates it before expressing his...
- IBN Sina--Al-Biruni correspondence.
- Magazine article from: Islam & Science Berjak, Rafik Iqbal, Muzaffar June 1, 2003 700+ words
...translation of the correspondence between Ibn Sina and al-Biruni, al-As'ilah wa'l-Ajwibah, Ibn Sina responds to the first question posed to...property of the heavenly bodies. Keywords: Ibn Sina-al-Biruni correspondence; criticism...
- IBN SINA AND MYSTICISM REMARKS AND ADMONITIONS.
- Magazine article from: The Middle East Rhodes, Fred October 1, 1999 700+ words
IBN SINA AND MYSTICISM REMARKS AND ADMONITIONS By...have been of such enduring importance as Ibn Sina, also known as Avicenna (980-1037 AD...This work is a study of the fourth part of Ibn Sina's late and most comprehensive book al...
