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January 25, 2013

Science Is Making a Comeback in the Islamic World

The Economist, The Economist


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THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, the chemist Ahmed Hassan Zewail, is at the California Institute of Technology.

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TAGGED: science literacy, science funding, science education, religion, islam

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