Science teachers' views of science and religion vs. the Islamic perspective: Conflicting or compatible?

Science Education

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-309

  Mansour, Nasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79551706657     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20418     Document Type: Article

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