Islam and Science
Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality
Published on 4. October 1991
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-85649-024-5 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
'A compelling and provocative analysis of the relationship between the scientific spirit and the orthodoxy of one of the great monotheistic religions. Any reader, Muslim or non-Muslim, is bound to be affected by Dr. Hoodbhoy's clear and persuasive arguments.'Edward Said
'Perhaps the most important book written and published in Pakistan in recent years.'
Irfan Husain, Dawn (Karachi)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-85649-024-5 (9781856490245)
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Book
10/1991
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Person
Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a Pakistani nuclear physicist,
mathematician and academic who serves as Distinguished Professor of Physics and
Mathematics at the Forman Christian College in Lahore.
mathematician and academic who serves as Distinguished Professor of Physics and
Mathematics at the Forman Christian College in Lahore.
Content
Foreword - Mohammed Abdus Salam
Preface
1. Islam and Science: Are They Compatible?
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 Great 'Heretics'
11. Why Didn't the Scientific Revolution Happen in Islam?
12. Some Thoughts for the Future
Appendix: They Call It Islamic Science
Index
Tables
Preface
1. Islam and Science: Are They Compatible?
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 Great 'Heretics'
11. Why Didn't the Scientific Revolution Happen in Islam?
12. Some Thoughts for the Future
Appendix: They Call It Islamic Science
Index
Tables