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Iran’s Science Revolution
Source: IslamOnline
“CAIRO — Seeking to become one of the world’s most advanced nations, Iran is promoting technological self-sufficiency, investing heavily in scientific and industrial achievement.
“We have high ambitions,” professor Hashem Rafii-Tabar told Washington Post on Friday, June 6.
“Already we are the number one in nanotechnology in the region, maybe only equaled by Israel.
Iran claims breakthroughs in nanotechnology, a field of applied science and technology whose theme is the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale.
“Iran produces more papers on this subject in international scientific indexed publications than any other country in the region,” said Rafii-Tabar.
“However, Iran has not yet submitted patents, official new inventions. Its regional competitors have also not reached this stage.”
Iran is now planning to launch its second satellite within weeks.
The country’s car industry also produces more cars than anywhere else in the region.
Iranian biological researchers are also pushing the boundaries of stem cell research.
“Iran wants …
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JABIR IBN HAYYAN
Jabir ibn Hayyan-al-azdi, known as Geber in the west flourished in Kufa about 776 A.C. and is reputed as the father of modern chemistry. Along with Zakariya Razi, he stands as the greatest name in the annals of medieval chemical science. His father was a druggist in Kufa who died a “martyr” to the Shiite propaganda. Jabir received his education from the Umayyad prince Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Muawiya and from the celebrated Imam Jafar al-Sadiq. In the beginning he practiced as a physician and was closely attached to the house of Bermakides, whose members occupied the high posts of viziers during the reigh of Haroon ar-Rashid. Jabir, too, had to share the misfortune of Bermkides at the time of their downfall in A.C. 803 and died in exile in Kufa. His famous laboratory was found in ruins about two centuries later.
Jabir is credited to have composed more than 100 …
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Muhammad bin Musa Al-Khwarizmi
Of all the great thinkers who have enriched the divers branches of knowledge during the era of early Islam, Muhammad bin Musa Khwarizmi occupies an outstanding place. Being one of the greatest scientists of all times and the greatest of his age, Khwarizmi was a versatile genius, who made lasting contributions to the field of Mathematics, Astronomy, Geography, and History. “Khwarizmi was the principal figure in the early history of Arabic Mathematics”, writes Philip K. Hitti in his well-known work, The History of the Arabs. “One of the greatest minds of Islam, he influenced mathematical thought to a greater extent than any other medieval writer.”
Muhammad bin Musa al-Khwarizmi (780-847 A.C.) was born in Khwarizm (Modern Khiva) situated on the lower course of Amu Darya. His forefathers had migrated from their native place and settled in Qutrubulli, a district west of Baghdad. Little is known about his early life. According to …
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