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Comment from Adam Hart-Davis, Photographer, Writer and TV Science Presenter of BBC Series What the Ancients Did For Us"
This glorious book overflows with the great ideas of the Muslim middle ages. From al-Jazari and his elegant clocks and al-Kindi and Ibn al-Haitham with their revolutionary optical thtes, experiments, and books, to the astronomers who navigated across the desert by the stars, and the map-makers who put north at the bottom, every page is a mine of joyous information. There are even recipes to try out, and everything is beautifully illustrated. I wish I had had this book fifty years ago."
Extract from the Introduction by the Chief Editor, PROFESSOR SAL1M T S AI.-HASSAN1
This book identifies, in an enjoyable, easy to- read formal, aspects of our modern lives that are linked with inventions by Muslims or were inspired by Islam. The book is divided into seven chapters which mirror the seven zones of the 1001 Inventions exhibition: home, school, hospital, market, town, world and universe. Each zone represents a sphere of our lives that has benefited from Muslim inventions.
Amongst the main objectives we hope to fulfil are to:
Raise awareness of the thousand years (7*-17* century) of Muslim heritage.
Generate understanding and appreciation of Muslim contributions towards the development of contemporary science and technology worldwide.
Inspire young people from both Muslim and non-Muslim backgrounds to find career role models in science and engineering.
Promote the concept of scientific and technological innovation as a positive and constructive channel of personal expression of beliefs, as an alternative to religious isolationism and extremism.
Bridge themes in the history of science, industry and arts with contemporary developments.
We very much hope that with the assistance of the readers we can achieve some, if not all, of these noble objectives.
