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Figure 1: Statue of Ibn Khaldun in Tunis, capital of Tunisia. (Image in the public domain).
Ibn Khaldun's Concept of Education in the ‘Muqaddima’
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At first sight, the place held by education in Ibn Khaldun's sociology appears uncertain to say the least....
Figure 1: Pincers devised by al-Razi to grasp vesical stones (see below reference [31] for the source).
Paediatric Urology 1000 Years Ago
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In this study, we present a brief commentary on four books written by Muslim physicians and medical authors...
Pericardial Pathology 900 Years Ago: A Study and Translations from an Arabic Medical Textbook
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This is a study and translation of the section on pericarditis in Kitab al-taysir fi al-mudawat wa-'l-tadbir...
Figure 1: A timeline graph showing the thousand years missing history. (Courtesy of The Foundation for Science, Technology, and Civilization).
The Missing Link in the History of Urology
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With few exceptions, most of the current publications on history of urology still ignore the scientific and...
Figure 1: Front cover of Egyptology: The Missing Millennium. Ancient Egypt in Medieval Arabic Writings by Okasha El Daly (London: UCL Press, 2005).
Book Review of 'Egyptology: The Missing Millennium' by Okasha El-Daly
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Egyptology: The Missing Millennium published by Okasha El Daly is an invaluable resource showing the extent...
Figure 1: A sphere circumscribed in a cylinder: the sphere has two thirds of the volume and surface area of the circumscribing cylinder.
The Volume of the Sphere in Arabic Mathematics: Historical and Analytical Survey
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The following article focuses on the cubic measure of the volume of the sphere in Arabic mathematics. After a...
