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Muslim countries once led the world in scientific research. Iranian physicist Reza Mansouri tells Edwin Cartlidge why they now lag so far behind and what they can do about it … Read more in this PDF file.
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Muslim countries once led the world in scientific research. Iranian physicist Reza Mansouri tells Edwin Cartlidge why they now lag so far behind and what they can do about it … Read more in this PDF file.
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Muslim countries once led the world in scientific research. Iranian physicist Reza Mansouri tells Edwin Cartlidge why they now lag so far behind and what they can do about it … Read more in this PDF file.
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Dear Bahram, Dear SUTA Board of Directors, Dear attendees of the 8th global SUTA Reunion, First of all please accept my sincere thanks for my selection as this year awardee of the Dr. Amin’s Lifetime Achievement Award given by SUTA. As you may know I have always opposed the bad custom of awarding prizes to scientists by political bodies, although… Continue reading "I have always opposed the bad custom of awarding prizes to scientists by political bodies"
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This article has been originally published on http://www.suta.org/2014-awards SUTA awards started in 2010 with “Dr. Mojtahedi Innovation Award” and “Dr. Amin Lifetime Achievement Award”. In 2012, three other awards were added to the program: “Alumni Achievement Award”, “Alumni Distinguished Service Award”, and “Young Alumni Award”. This year “Staff Appreciation Award” has been also added as another SUTA award. SUTA board… Continue reading "2014 SUTA Awards"
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Did you know that there is no university from the Muslim world within the top 500 universities of the world (World Universities’ ranking,Ranking)? the science production in the Muslim world, except in Iran and Turkey, is almost stagnating? none of the countries in the Muslim world, despite many attempts and legislative actions, could increase its R&D expenditures above 0.7% of… Continue reading "Obsolete concept of science in the Islamic World leads to distorted educational approaches"
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Palazzo della Borsa, Trieste, Italy, 26. June 2009 Reza Mansouri TWAS fellow Sharif University of Technology, Tehran Iran & Iranian National Telescope (INO), project director Abstract Modern concept of science is a social construct on which modern rationality is based. In this region however, science is subordinate to theology, and cultural values are determined by religion. Belief in superiority of… Continue reading "Afghanistan, Pakistan and their geographic context: Development of a regional network of cultural and scientific cooperation"
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The North–South divide in economic development is often matched by a North–South divide in science and technology. Governments in the North and the South, as well as international donors, have at last grasped the reality that science and technology are crucial to building a nation’s institutions in areas such as transport, agriculture, health, law and industry. Read more in this… Continue reading "Physics Now"
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The statement “Efforts to boost science in the Islamic world need financial commitment from the nations themselves” recently published in an Editorial in Nature is a simple and acceptable phrase. The complexity of the issue, however, is lost in the Editorial. Readers get the impression that the politicians of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) countries responsible for such commitments… Continue reading "Broken Promises or Promises in Vacuum?"
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This article has been originally published on http://www.aps.org/units/fip/newsletters/200712/iran.cfm Introduction The Islamic revolution of Iran, the attacks on the US on 9/11, and the result of recent parliamentary elections in Palestine are symptoms of a much broader movement in the Moslem world – one that the west has failed to understand. . The West is politically far behind the developments underway… Continue reading "How an Obsolete Concept of Science Impedes the Development of Islamic countries: The Example of Iran"