About
Al-Hassan,
Ahmad Y.
A Brief
Biographical Data
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Professor Emeritus of the Institute for the History of Arabic Science (IHAS), University of Aleppo
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Founder and first director of the Institute (IHAS).
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Associate of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST), University of Toronto.
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Member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO’s project: The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture, and the chief editor of Volume IV: Science and Technology in Islam.
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Member of the editorial committee of the Journal of the History of Arabic Science (JHAS).
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Corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science.
For more information
on A. Y. al-Hassan and his main works see the International
Scientific Committee under:
http://www.unesco.org/culture/aic/html_eng/comite.htm
For a description of
Volume IV: Science and Technology in Islam, see
http://www.unesco.org/culture/aic/html_eng/volume4.htm.