By

Ahmad Y. al-Hassan

Since the publication in 1986 of al-Hassan and Hill’s Islamic Technology – an illustrated history (UNESCO and Cambridge University Press), there appeared in 2002 Science and Technology in Islam in two parts I and II. This work constitutes Vol. IV in the multivolume series The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture which is a UNESCO project.

Science and Technology in Islam is a major work in the history of science.  Thirty contributors wrote the various chapters and its chief editor is Ahmad Y. al-Hassan with Maqbul Ahmad and Albert Zaki Iskandar as co-editors (for a description please see Unesco).

Since more information emerges continually as a result of recent research into the various subjects of science and technology in Islam this web page aims at reporting some results of this new research.  

Readers are welcomed to communicate with the author to discuss the material that is presented here at the following e-mail address.

The papers that are given here on line were presented at international conferences and have been published or are in the process of being published. Because of the length of time associated with the publication process it was deemed useful to present them here.