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The First Golden Age of Islamic Science
Julio Samsó
One of the most significant figures in the Islamic Golden Age was the polymath and scholar Al-Bīrūnī. Julio Samsó provides an account of Al-Bīrūnī’s life and his work on astronomy and mathematics.
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Among the Fossils of Algeria
Djillali Hadjouis
During the 1950s, the French paleontologist and vertebrate specialist Camille Arambourg made many important discoveries in North Africa. Djillali Hadjouis examines Arambourg’s most significant work.
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An Indian Geophysicist Reflects
Kusala Rajendran
Kusala Rajendran, a distinguished geophysicist and professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, reflects on the influences and forces that shaped her career and professional development.
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The Provençal Humanists and Copernicus
Jean-Pierre Luminet
In the early 17th-century, the fate of the Copernican revolution was uncertain. The Provençal humanists Peiresc and Gassendi continued the revolution and shaped the development of Western science.
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The Neutral Theory of Evolution
Chase Nelson
Focusing on the neutral theory of evolution and its most significant consequences, Chase Nelson details the scientific achievements of his mentor, Austin Hughes, brilliant evolutionary biologist.
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Desire, Violence, and Religion
Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Scapegoats then and now. Looking at mythology, ritual, and law, Jean-Pierre Dupuy reviews the late René Girard’s theory of sacrifice and mimetic desire, and applies it to economics.
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The Perfect Language
Gregory Chaitin
Mathematicians still believe in proofs, though Gödel and Turing showed that no axiomatic theory will include all mathematical truths. Gregory Chaitin reflects on algorithmic information theory.
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A Natural History of Curiosity
David Berlinski
During the living centuries of the Arab empire, a series of stellar observatories glittered like jewels throughout the archipelago of its conquests. None more so than that created by Ulugh Beg.
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A Country Known Only by Name
Pierre Cartier
Mathematicians liken him to Einstein. Yet he is a figure of gossip and pity. Mathematician Pierre Cartier, Grothendieck’s colleague, offers a rational and honest appraisal the work and the man.
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