Articles with tag: astronomy
Johannes Kepler – A Mysterious Cosmographist
Mohammad Gill Mar 23, 2007 interacts: 70He 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: 13Some 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: 40In 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: 19Where 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: 223A survey of the Golden Period of Islamic Civilization, during the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates
Uniting Muslims on Eid
Asif Naqshbandi Dec 5, 2002 interacts: 73Muslims are unable to get together even on the occasion of Eid
Looking For Life on Other Worlds
Salman Hameed Oct 10, 2002 interacts: 98Are ingredients that make up life on Earth common in the universe?
India Unvarnished
Murad A Baig Aug 15, 2000 interacts: 155An unemotional examination of some of the main questions about India’s history
