Rediscovering Islamic Science

Islamic science. An illustrated study

Essays on Islamic philosophy and science

health rules are reminiscent of the Regimen sanitatis Salerni. Some of the material was borrowed, such as proverbs from Dryden, Pope, La Rochefoucauld and Rabelais. Franklin continually added and revised, and some of his statements found their way into common American parlance. The last number (1758) contained a series of adages entitled 'The way to wealth' and this appeared even in Chinese, Ru...

An annotated bibliography of Islamic science

S. H. NASR, An annotated bibliography of Islamic science, with the collaboration of W. C. Chittick, Teheran, Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy (publication no. 1), 1975, vol. 1, pp. lxiv, 432, 1-9 in Persian [no price stated]. Dr. Nasr is the author of many original books and papers on medieval Islamic science. This comprehensive annotated bibliography is the first of five projected volume...

Islamic & non Islamic Countries Cooperation: Perspective on Science Diplomacy Model

Rediscovering Thalidomide

Thalidomide, a hypnosedative drug introduced in the 1950, has been used in a variety of dermatologic conditions during the past few decades. Although originally withbrawn from world market on discovery of its teratogenic effect, it has since been selectively reintroduced for use in various disorders thought to have an autoimmune or inflammatory basis. A review of the literature focused on clini...