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- catalog abstract "In this book, Dr. Hoodbhoy, a nuclear physicist, eloquently and usefully draws attention to the plight of science and technology in the Muslim world and to the need to do something about it. The book also makes some other helpful insights here and there about why, after centuries of brilliant achievements, science suffered such a fate in the Muslim world. But the book also suffers from some very serious flaws in its view of Islam and analysis of Islamic history.".
- catalog alternative "Religious orthodoxy and the battle for rationality".
- catalog contributor b3433225.
- catalog contributor b3433226.
- catalog created "1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1991.".
- catalog description "1. Islam and Science: Are they Compatible? The task ahead --- 2. Science: Its Nature and Origins --- 3. The War Between Science and Medieval Christianity --- 4. The State of Science in Islamic Countries Today --- 5. Three Muslim Responses to Underdevelopment --- 6. Bucaille, Nasr and Sardar -- Three Exponents of Islamic Science --- 7. Can There Be an Islamic Science? --- 8. The Rise of Muslim Science --- 9. Religious Orthodoxy Confronts Muslim Science --- 10. Five Greate 'Heretics' --- 11. Why Didn't the Scientific Revolution Happen in Islam? --- 12. Some Thoughts for the Future.".
- catalog description "In this book, Dr. Hoodbhoy, a nuclear physicist, eloquently and usefully draws attention to the plight of science and technology in the Muslim world and to the need to do something about it. The book also makes some other helpful insights here and there about why, after centuries of brilliant achievements, science suffered such a fate in the Muslim world. But the book also suffers from some very serious flaws in its view of Islam and analysis of Islamic history.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 157 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1856490246".
- catalog identifier "1856490254 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books,".
- catalog subject "297/.1975 20".
- catalog subject "BP190.5.S3 H66 1991".
- catalog subject "Islam and science.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Islam and Science: Are they Compatible? The task ahead --- 2. Science: Its Nature and Origins --- 3. The War Between Science and Medieval Christianity --- 4. The State of Science in Islamic Countries Today --- 5. Three Muslim Responses to Underdevelopment --- 6. Bucaille, Nasr and Sardar -- Three Exponents of Islamic Science --- 7. Can There Be an Islamic Science? --- 8. The Rise of Muslim Science --- 9. Religious Orthodoxy Confronts Muslim Science --- 10. Five Greate 'Heretics' --- 11. Why Didn't the Scientific Revolution Happen in Islam? --- 12. Some Thoughts for the Future.".
- catalog title "Islam and science : religious orthodoxy and the battle for rationality / Pervez Hoodbhoy ; foreword by Mohammed Abdus Salam.".
- catalog title "Religious orthodoxy and the battle for rationality".
- catalog type "text".