Many problems faced by scientists in the Arab world are common to all Third World countries. Dr A B Zahlan takes the Arab case to test some general assumptions about the problems of science and technology in developing countries
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Dr Zahlan is currently researching the history of technical change in the Arab world. He was professor of physics at the American University in Beirut and is a member of the UN Advisory Committee on Science and Technology. His book Science and Science Policy in the Arab World is published by Croom Helm this week.
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Zahlan, A. Planning science in the Arab world. Nature 283, 239–241 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/283239a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/283239a0