In an article today, he also discusses the work of who he considers the 'first true scientist', al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham: without doubt, another great physicist, who is worthy of ranking up alongside ...

Last week's attacks in New York and Washington were an offence against fundamental values that merits a well-targeted response, helped by science. But enhanced contacts with Islamic colleagues should ...

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili travels through Syria, Iran, Tunisia and Spain to tell the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th ...

The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College explores sources of wonder in the upcoming exhibition Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World. Organized in collaboration ...