Post by Obviousman on Aug 30, 2007 23:39:46 GMT -4
For those that might be interested, a radio programme in Australia had Dr El-Baz on as a guest. The theme was Islamic science:
"The Islamic world was once the unrivalled centre of science and philosophy. The early breakthroughs in optics, astronomy, mathematics and medicine were made by Muslim scholars.
Today, Muslim countries are open to using modern technology, especially in military and commercial areas, but as Pervez Hoodbhoy points out, no major invention or discovery has emerged from the Muslim world for well over seven centuries now.
What happened? What led to the decline of Islam's scientific greatness? And what might be done to resurrect it?"
mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/current/audioonly/lnl_20070829.mp3
"The Islamic world was once the unrivalled centre of science and philosophy. The early breakthroughs in optics, astronomy, mathematics and medicine were made by Muslim scholars.
Today, Muslim countries are open to using modern technology, especially in military and commercial areas, but as Pervez Hoodbhoy points out, no major invention or discovery has emerged from the Muslim world for well over seven centuries now.
What happened? What led to the decline of Islam's scientific greatness? And what might be done to resurrect it?"
mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/current/audioonly/lnl_20070829.mp3