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Sunday, August 23, 2009

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[AMARTYA SEN is Master of Trinity College at Cambridge University and former Lamont University Professor at Harvard. This article is a revised version of the Commencement Address given at Bard College on May 24, 1997. It originally appeared in the Harvard International Review, Summer 98, Vol. 20 [...]

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Science: Islam’s forgotten geniuses

by Barney on 23 August 2009

Jim Al-Khalili
Published: 12:01AM GMT 29 Jan 2008

For 700 years, the international language of science was Arabic

The untold story of Arabic brilliance should be a timely reminder of a proud heritage, says Jim Al-Khalili
Next year, we will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, and the 150th of the publication of his On The [...]

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