Encyclopaedia of Islamic Science and Scientists has been brought out for the first time to provide information on Islamic Science in a comprehensive manner and a brief biography of each leading Muslim scientists of the world, their scientific activities and its significance to the contemporary society, their feelings, ideas, philosophies and concerns. In illuminating portraits of a wide range of personalities of about 382 Muslim scientists, this book also explores the complex and dynamic aspects of about 113 scientific terminology of all branches of science. This book should become required reading not only for academics but for every one who wants to know the truth or Science of God.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M. Zaki Kirmani
M. Zaki Kirmani was born in 1950 and did his M.Sc. from AMU Aligarh and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT) in 1979. In the early eighties which witnessed a worldwide increase in critical evaluation of the impact of science on society and individuals, and brought about a deep change in the intellectual course of many, Kirmani switched over from pure science research to its foundation studies in religious perspective. In 1985 he began the publication of the Journal of Islamic Science and established Centre for Studies on Science at Alilgarh.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N K Singh
Dr. Naresh Kumar Singh received his Bachelor degree in Veterinary Sciences in 1998 and his undergraduate study was funded through the merit scholarship from Ministry of Defence, India. He accomplished his postgraduation on animal pain management in 2000 with ICAR-JRF from I.V.R.I., Izatnagar, India. Subsequently, he pursued his Ph.D. from I.V.R.I. (2001-2005) with I.C.A.R.-SRF, India. During Ph.D. his research focus was on cartilage repair with cultured chondrocytes/mesenchymal stem cells along various growth factors and his work was recongnised by national (ISVS-India) and International (ICRS, USA) Societies. Dr. Singh worked on stem cells transdifferentiation and proteomics during his postdoctoral research (PDF) at NLRI, Suwon (2005-2007) and his work was recognized and received excellent presentation award in the year 2006 at XIIth International Animal Science Congress (AAAP) held at Bexco, Busan , Republic of Korea. Dr Singh received Best Researcher Award for the year 2006-2007 from NLRI, South Korea. He has worked as Assistant Professor in the Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, SKUAST-J, Jammu, India for more than eight years (2001-2010). Dr. Singh has also been working in collaboration with various researchers around the globe on challenging issues pertaining to animal health. He has published four books, contributed three chapters, edited one book (in press) and published more than thirty five research papers in the national and international peer reviewed journals. Dr. Singh, is member of editorial boards of few international and national journals of repute. Dr. Singh is presently working as faculty in the Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Life Sciences, KNU, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
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