Contributions of Islamic scholars to the scientific enterprise

International Education Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-399

  Faruqi, Yasmeen Mahnaz ^a  

^a School of Education

Author keywords

Islamic view of nature; Knowledge transfer; Muslim scholars; Scientific thinking; Western science

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349006664     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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