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Islam's Quantum Question: Reconciling Muslim Tradition and Modern Science

Autor Nidhal Guessoum
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 oct 2010
In secular Europe the veracity of modern science is almost always taken for granted. Whether they think of the evolutionary proofs of Darwin or of spectacular investigation into the boundaries of physics conducted by CERN's Large Hadron Collider, most people assume that scientific enquiry goes to the heart of fundamental truths about the universe. Yet elsewhere, science is under siege. In the USA, Christian fundamentalists contest whether evolution should be taught in schools at all. And in Muslim countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Pakistan and Malaysia, a mere 15 per cent of those recently surveyed believed Darwin's theory to be 'true' or 'probably true'. This thoughtful and passionately argued book contends absolutely to the contrary: not only that evolutionary theory does not contradict core Muslim beliefs, but that many scholars, from Islam's golden age to the present, adopted a worldview that accepted evolution as a given. Guessoum suggests that the Islamic world, just like the Christian, needs to take scientific questions - 'quantum questions' - with the utmost seriousness if it is to recover its true heritage and integrity.In its application of a specifically Muslim perspective to important topics like cosmology, divine action and evolution, the book makes a vital contribution to debate in the disputed field of 'science and religion'.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781848855182
ISBN-10: 1848855184
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 27 integrated bw
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Nidhal Guessoum is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He has published widely on the mutual compatibility of science and the Islamic tradition. His book Reconcilier L'Islam et la Science Moderne was published in France in 2009.

Cuprins

Prologue: Averroes and IIntroduction: Islam and Science TodayPART I: Fundamentals (First things first): God, the Qur'an, and ScienceChapter 1: Allah, the Creator and SustainerChapter 2: The Qur'an and its Philosophy of Knowledge/ScienceChapter 3: Science and Its CriticsChapter 4: Can One Develop an "Islamic Science"?Chapter 5: I`jaz - Modern Science in the Qur'an?Summary and Conclusions of Part IPART II: Islam and Contemporary Science IssuesChapter 6: Islam and CosmologyChapter 7: Islam and DesignChapter 8: Islam and the Anthropic PrincipleChapter 9: Islam and Evolution (Human and Biological)PART III: OutlookChapter 10: Islam and Science tomorrowEpilogue - A conversation with my studentsAppendix A: Towards an Open-Minded Science (Collective Article)Appendix B: The Flaws in 'A New Astronomical Quranic Method for The Determination Of The Greatest Speed C' by Dr. Mansour Hassab-ElnabyAppendix C: Survey of 'Science and Religion' Views at the American University of Sharjah, UAEBibliographyIndex