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INTRODUCTION
Ambition
& Neglect: Science in the Muslim World
2 November 2006
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INTERACTIVE
TIMELINE Islamic
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NEWS
FEATURE An
Islamist revolution
Islamist
political parties are taking over from secular
ones across the Muslim world. What does this
mean for science at home and scientific cooperation
with the West?What does this mean for science
at home and scientific cooperation with the
West? Ehsan Masood investigates.
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Q
& A The
reformer
Mostafa
Moin is a paediatrician and medical researcher
who has served as Iran's minister for higher
education and for science. He was a reformist
candidate in Iran's presidential election
last year, which was won by religious conservative
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 2
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NEWS
FEATURE The
data gap
Statistics
on scientific investment and performance are
lacking across the Muslim world. Declan Butler
analyses the best of what is available.
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NEWS
FEATURE Oil
rich, science poor
The
wealthy Arab states offer scant support for
science and technology. Jim Giles finds out
whether this indifference to research is likely
to change. 2
November 2006
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PODCAST
Nature
podcast - 2 November 2006
In this week's
issue of the Nature Podcast, Sarah Tomlin
talks to Ehsan Masood, author of a book on
Islamic Science, about the current status
and the future of science in the Muslim world.
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