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Articles with tag: Astronomy

Johannes Kepler – A Mysterious Cosmographist

Mohammad Gill   Mar 23, 2007   interacts: 70

He lived his life in poverty and misery but he immortalized himself by formulating his three laws of cosmology. He was a humble person who said, “there was nothing I could state that I could not also contradict.”

Venus, Earth, and Mars - The Untold Story

Muhammad A Hussain   Jan 23, 2007   interacts: 13

Some scientists speculate that the three planets, Venus, Earth, and Mars, shared approximately similar geology at the time of their cooling from their molten newly-born states. The evolution of these three planets along different lines from a similar dist

Was Muslim Astronomy the Harbinger of Copernicanism?

Mohammad Gill   Aug 9, 2005   interacts: 40

In as much as the mathematization of the planetary movement was concerned, the Musilm (Arab) contribution cannot be ignored particularly in view of the fact that they developed trigonometry, algebra, and spherical trigonometry, and this knowledge was fund

Searching for Identity in Our Little Corner

Salman Hameed   Aug 12, 2003   interacts: 19

Where is our Solar system located? What is our identity, no matter how inconsequential, with respect to the vast cosmic ocean?

Once Upon A Time: When The World Spoke Arabic

Yaqoob Bangash   Jan 26, 2003   interacts: 223

A survey of the Golden Period of Islamic Civilization, during the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates

Uniting Muslims on Eid

Asif Naqshbandi   Dec 5, 2002   interacts: 73

Muslims are unable to get together even on the occasion of Eid

Looking For Life on Other Worlds

Salman Hameed   Oct 10, 2002   interacts: 98

Are ingredients that make up life on Earth common in the universe?

The Great Illusion

Revathy Gopal   Mar 25, 2002   interacts: 443

How pure is our bloodline?

India Unvarnished

Murad A Baig   Aug 15, 2000   interacts: 155

An unemotional examination of some of the main questions about India’s history

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