Every Saturday starting this Saturday 11 August 2007 at 12.00 -12.30 UK – time
Thousands of Muslim scientific and technological inventions and innovations continue to influence our lives up to the present day. They are in our homes, schools, hospitals, markets, towns and in the world around us. The fascinating, hitherto untold story, revealing 1,000 years of the rich scientific and technological heritage of the Muslim community and the men and women behind these inventions will be told by a galaxy of British non-Muslim and Muslim professors, dignitaries and VIP's scholars. The chief guest leading this series is Professor Salim Al-Hassani, Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manchester, Chairman of the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation, (FSTC UK) and Chief Editor of the new mind-shifting book "1001 inventions: Muslim Heritage in our world"; (details in www.1001inventions.com). Guests will be able to answer calls live.
To sponsor the 1001inventions book (GBP29.50 rrp + GBP8.00 p&p per book) to go to schools and libraries of your choice, please send your payment of GBP 33.00 per book. This discounted promotional price includes UK postage and packaging. For sponsoring books to go to destinations outside the UK, there is a minimum sponsorship order of 10 books to cover increased p&p costs).
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Bank of Ireland, 1 Marsden Street, Manchester M2 1HW. Sort code: 30-14-74, Account Name: 1001 inventions, Account no: 70955793 IBAN: GB12 BOFI 3014 7470 9557 93 Bank identifier code: BOFIGB2B
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Read more about 1000 years of missing history and explore the fascinating Muslim contribution to present day Science, Technology, Arts and Civilisation by visiting our websites at www.muslimheritage.com and www.1001inventions.com.
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Related Articles: Orkney International Science Festivalby: FSTC Ltd The Muslim world's immense contribution to our society will be highlighted in this year's Orkney International Science Festival. The theme of the Grimond Lecture will be "A Thousand Missing Years of History" the story of how the sources of so many familiar items and ideas have been obscured from our western histories.
MSIM Presentationby: FSTC Limited Professor Salim Al-Hassani's highly visual and compelling presentation will assess some of the Muslim contribution to civilisation using graphical simulations and some 3D animations of early Muslim inventions.
Video Stream of George Saliba’s Lectureby: FSTC Limited In May 2007, George Saliba, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Science at Columbia University, gave a lecture on "Arabic Islamic Science and the Making of the Renaissance" at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. The video streaming of this important lecture can be viewed here online.
Presentation on The Muslims' Great Contributions during the Golden Age of the Islamic Civilizationby: FSTC Limited Prof. Salim Al Hassani, A Muslim Scholar and the chief editor of "1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World" will be delivers his presentation for the second time on "The Muslims' Great Contributions during the Golden Age of the Islamic Civilization"Wednesday, 5th of March 2008 @ 12:00pm. Prince Bandar Ben Sultan Auditorium.
Muslim Heritage: A Scholarly Perspectiveby: FSTC Limited FSTC Research Associate Kaleem Hussain delivered on 17th April 2008 a lecture on ‘Muslim Heritage: A Scholarly Perspective' at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education in Leicester. Aiming to explore the education of children in that area, focusing particularly on Muslim children, the conference presented the projects of FSTC and some milestones in contemporary scholarship in Muslim Heritage. We reproduce in this article a brief summary of the themes touched on during the lecture.
