I am sure many of you know that we have trying to find guest speakers for the course, and in doing so we have been able to speak to many knowledgable scholars. Today I had the oppurtunity to speak to Dr.Alnoor Dhanani, a scholar from Harvard University. He specializes in the fields of the history of Islamic science, philosophy and relious thought. Speaking with him gave me an interesting perspective on many issues relavent to our course and he also brought up some ambiguous, but noteworthy questions that we could discuss in our “Islam and Modern Science,” section. Some of our discussions we have had in the past few weeks would have also benefitted from his insight.
http://blogs.ubc.ca/sciencecivilizationislam/2010/02/03/dr-alnoor-dhanani/
IIS bio: http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_person.asp?ID=100413&type=user
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Related:
Dr Alnoor Dhanani’s seminal chapter on Islam and the Sciences:
‘The Sciences’ from the IIS’s ‘Muslim Philosophy And The Sciences’ by Dr Alnoor Dhanani; Quotes of Aga Khan IV
http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/11/507the-sciences-from-iiss-muslim.html
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