Abdus Science

Author : Maxu Masood
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781398479678

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Abdus Science by Maxu Masood Pdf

Abdus Salam, the subject of the book was a Pakistani scientist who shared the Physics Nobel Prize in 1979. Born in a remote, rural sunburnt country town in the outback of colonial Punjab, he made it to the forefront of theoretical physics. Abdus Salam compartmentalised his studies of physics, politics, religion, and family. Although his life in physics has been sufficiently covered, few have extensively studied his life and engagement in other fields. He served military regimes and was closely associated with the birth of nuclear expertise in Pakistan where his membership of the schismatic Ahmadiyah community marginalised him. His working life was divided between London’s Imperial College and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. His fans perceive him as a victim of religious bigotry but, on his part, he did not seem to exercise scientific detachment in religion. Abdus Salam had two wives. His second wife, Louise Johnson (1940-2012), was a leading Molecular Biologist who served as Professor Emeritus in Oxford University; and it remains an awkward question as to how the two managed bigamy in Europe. Abdus Salam validated the Judaic-Muslim prohibition of pig meat and went as far as judging people who consumed pork as ‘shameless’ like the beast itself. A substantial amount of information provided in the book is supported by direct one-to-one interviews the author of the book conducted with Abdus Salam in 1984.

Author : H R Dalafi,M H A Hassan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814507301

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Renaissance of Sciences in Islamic Countries by H R Dalafi,M H A Hassan Pdf

Contents:IntroductionIslam and Science:Renaissance of Sciences in Arab and Islamic LandsThe Gulf University and Science in the Arab-Islamic CommonwealthThe Future of Science in IslamIslam and ScienceScientific Thinking: Between the Secularisation and the Transcendent, An Islamic ViewpointLiberty of Scientific Belief in IslamNew Initiatives:Foundations for Sciences in IslamProposal for the Creation of an Arab-Islamic-Italian Consortium for a Laboratory for Solid State PhysicsScience and Muslim Countries:Highlights of Science for TurkeyTechnology and Pakistan's Attack on PovertyThe Failings of Arab SciencePersonal:Homage to Chaudhri Muhammad Zafrulla KhanA Man of Science:Reproduction from Musluman Ilim Onceleri Ansiklopedisi (Istanbul, Turkey)“Sanad” by King Hassan II of Morocco on the occasion of the Nomination of Muhammad Abdus Salam as an Associate Member of the Academy of the Kingdom of MoroccoThe Citation for the Award of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science by the Yarmouk University (Irbid, Jordan)Speech by Muhammad Abdus Salam on the occassion of the Award of the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science by the Yarmouk University (Irbid, Jordan)Biodata Readership: General.

Author : Abdus Salam,C. H. Lai
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN : 9971503158

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Ideals and Realities by Abdus Salam,C. H. Lai Pdf

Science and the world. Science and technology in the developing countries. International centre for theoretical physics. Other initiatives. The third world academy of sciences. Islam and science. Science: the international dimension. Perspectives on physics. Personal. Reviews. Salam the man.

Author : Nicolaas A. Rupke
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion and science
ISBN : 3631581203

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Eminent Lives in Twentieth-century Science & Religion by Nicolaas A. Rupke Pdf

Can science and religion coexist in harmony? Or is conflict inevitable? In this volume an international team of distinguished scholars addresses these enduring yet urgent questions by examining the lives of thirteen eminent twentieth-century scientists whose careers were marked by the interaction of science and religion: Rachel Carson, Charles A. Coulson, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Arthur S. Eddington, Albert Einstein, Ronald A. Fisher, Julian Huxley, Pascual Jordan, Robert A. Millikan, Ivan P. Pavlov, Michael I. Pupin, Abdus Salam, and Edward O. Wilson. The richly empirical studies show a diversity of creative engagements between science and religion that defy efforts to set the two at odds.

Author : Nidhal Guessoum,Stefano Bigliardi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009266536

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Islam and Science by Nidhal Guessoum,Stefano Bigliardi Pdf

This first Element in the series Islam and the Sciences is introductory and aims to give readers a general overview of the wide and rich scope of interactions of Islam with the sciences, including past disputes, current challenges, and future outlooks. The Element introduces the main voices and schools of thought, adopting a historical approach to show the evolution of the debates: Khan's naturalism, al-Jisr's hermeneutics, Abduh's modernist Islam, Nasr's perennialist and sacred science, al-Attas's Islamic science, Sardar and the Ijmalis' ethical science, al-Faruqi's Islamization of knowledge/science, Bucaille's and El-Naggar's 'miraculous scientific content in the Qur'an,' Abdus Salam's universal science, Hoodbhoy's and Edis's secularism, and the harmonization of the 'new generation.' The Element also maps out new and emerging topics that are beginning to reignite the debates, before a concluding section examines how issues of Islam and Science are playing out in the media, in public discourse and in education.

Author : Abdus Salam,Ahmed Ali
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810216637

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Selected Papers of Abdus Salam by Abdus Salam,Ahmed Ali Pdf

This is a selection from over 250 papers published by Abdus Salam. Professor Salam has been Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College, London and Director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, for which he was largely responsible for creating. He is one of the most distinguished theoretical physicists of his generation and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979 for his work on the unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions. He is well known for his deep interest in the development of scientific research in the third world (to which ICTP is devoted) and has taken a leading part in setting up the Third World Academy. His research work has ranged widely over quantum field theory and all aspects of the theory of elementary particles and more recently into other fields, including high-temperature superconductivity and theoretical biology. The papers selected represent a cross section of his work covering the entire period of 50 years from his student days to the present.

Author : Azim Kidwai,Choy Heng Lai
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1989-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814513920

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Ideals And Realities: Selected Essays Of Abdus Salam (3rd Edition) by Azim Kidwai,Choy Heng Lai Pdf

The latest edition of “Ideals and Realities” includes some of the most recent talks given by Professor Abdus Salam. They replace a few essays which were published in the second edition. An attempt has also been made to update some of the figures rendered absolete with the passage of time.

Author : Gordon Fraser
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191578663

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Cosmic Anger by Gordon Fraser Pdf

This book presents a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize for Science (Physics 1979), who was nevertheless excommunicated and branded as a heretic in his own country. His achievements are often overlooked, even besmirched. Realizing that the whole world had to be his stage, he pioneered the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, a vital focus of Third World science which remains as his monument. A staunch Muslim, he was ashamed of the decline of science in the heritage of Islam, and struggled doggedly to restore it to its former glory. Undermined by his excommunication, these valiant efforts were doomed.

Author : Darryl Leiter
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781438183312

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A to Z of Physicists, Updated Edition by Darryl Leiter Pdf

A to Z of Physicists, Updated Edition focuses not only on the lives and personalities of those profiled, but also on their research and contributions to the field. A fascinating and important element of this work is the attention paid to the obstacles that minority physicists had to overcome to reach their personal and professional goals. Through incidents, quotations, and photographs, the entries portray something of the human face, which is often lost in books on science and scientists. A to Z of Physicists, Updated Edition features more than 150 entries and 51 black-and-white photographs. Culturally inclusive and spanning the whole range of physicists from ancient times to the present day, this is an ideal resource for students and general readers interested in the history of physics or the significant aspects of the personal and professional lives of important physicists. People covered include: Archimedes (ca. 285–212 BCE) Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1909–1966) Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904–1990) Marie Curie (1867–1934) George Gamow (1904–1968) Tsung Dao Lee (1926–present) Lise Meitner (1878–1968) Yuval Ne'eman (1925–2006) Johannes Stark (1874–1957) Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) Hideki Yukawa (1907–1981)

Author : Abdus Salam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015022002888

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Science in the Third World by Abdus Salam Pdf

"Edinburgh International Festival of Science and Technology"--Introd.

Author : Abdus Salam,H. R. Dalafi
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN : 9971509466

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Renaissance of Sciences in Islamic Countries by Abdus Salam,H. R. Dalafi Pdf

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Author : Popat N. Patil
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789814355070

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Discoveries in Pharmacological Sciences by Popat N. Patil Pdf

Throughout history, the perpetuation of species, the need for survival, and human curiosity, intelligence and skills provided the basis for the development of drug science. This unique book, Discoveries in Pharmacological Sciences, contains the history of herbal medicine as it emerged about 5,000 years ago. Recent discoveries in genetics are integrated with the observations in the past. An understanding of the history of drugs and toxic chemicals is essential for the proper utility of these substances by the population at large. The book is written with the purpose to familiarize drug research of the investigators in chemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, and biomedical sciences. It is important to note that plants containing morphine, quinine, physostigmine, pilocarpine, atropine, d-tubocurarine, reserpine, tetrahydrocannabinol, cardiac glycosides, ephedrine and colchicine were used by various cultures for centuries. Since 1805 pure, active, therapeutic constituents were isolated and chemically characterized. Parallel to these developments, the science of human anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, genetics and pharmacology has advanced. New synthetic drugs were discovered. The chemistry of perfumes and sensory functions including memory were elucidated. The history of fascinating discoveries made by scientists of Nobel repute is documented. Better testing methods were developed. The causes of many diseases were better understood. Drug laws were instituted a century ago. The pharmaceutical industry flourished. The text provides a panoramic view of the understanding of when, where, who, how and why drugs were developed. Educational aspects of teaching pharmacological sciences are reviewed. The historical account will be invaluable to graduate students and creative scientists, who can prepare for the future. The book will serve to enhance the cumulative scientific knowledge of the investigators in drug discovery. It contains a well integrated wealth of information in drug sciences and pharmacotherapeutics. The time, place and the human side of investigators, their portraits with biographical sketches are presented. The reading of Discoveries in Pharmacological Sciences will satisfy the intellectual curiosity of investigators. Understanding of Discoveries in Pharmacological Sciences will provide a platform to judge the importance of the personalized medicine of tomorrow. Scattered classical information about drug sciences is effectively condensed here. The development of the scientific thoughts and creativity of the investigators through the ages in drug research are presented admirably.

Author : Michael J. Moravcsik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Education
ISBN : UCAL:B4242019

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Science Development by Michael J. Moravcsik Pdf

Author : Majid Daneshgar,Peter G. Riddell,Andrew Rippin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317294764

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The Qur'an in the Malay-Indonesian World by Majid Daneshgar,Peter G. Riddell,Andrew Rippin Pdf

The largely Arabo-centric approach to the academic study of tafsir has resulted in a lack of literature exploring the diversity of Qur'anic interpretation in other areas of the Muslim-majority world. The essays in The Qur'an in the Malay-Indonesian World resolve this, aiming to expand our knowledge of tafsir and its history in the Malay-Indonesian world. Highlighting the scope of Qur'anic interpretation in the Malay world in its various vernaculars, it also contextualizes this work to reveal its place as part of the wider Islamic world, especially through its connections to the Arab world, and demonstrates the strength of these connections. The volume is divided into three parts written primarily by scholars from Malaysia and Indonesia. Beginning with a historical overview, it then moves into chapters with a more specifically regional focus to conclude with a thematic approach by looking at topics of some controversy in the broader world. Presenting new examinations of an under-researched topic, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic studies and Southeast Asian studies.

Author : J. C. Polkinghorne,John Polkinghorne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998-09-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521625084

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Beyond Science by J. C. Polkinghorne,John Polkinghorne Pdf

John Polkinghorne examines the nature of scientific inquiry itself and the human context in which science operates.