Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a Pakistani nuclear physicist,mathematician and academic who serves as Distinguished Professor of Physics andMathematics at the Forman Christian College in Lahore.

'A compelling and provocative analysis of the relationship between the scientific spirit and the orthodoxy of one of the great monotheistic religions. Any reader, Muslim or non-Muslim, is bound to be affected by Dr. Hoodbhoy's clear and persuasive arguments.'Edward Said'Perhaps the most important book written and published in Pakistan in recent years.'Irfan Husain, Dawn (Karachi)

• Foreword - Mohammed Abdus SalamPreface1. Islam and Science: Are They Compatible?2. Science: Its Nature and Origins3. The War Between Science and Medieval Christianity4. The State of Science in Islamic Countries Today5. Three Muslim Responses to Underdevelopment6. Bucaille, Nasr and Sardar: Three Exponents of Islamic Science7. Can There Be An Islamic Science?8. The Rise of Muslim Science9. Religious Orthodoxy Confronts Muslim Science10. Five Great 'Heretics'11. Why Didn't the Scientific Revolution Happen in Islam?12. Some Thoughts for the FutureAppendix: They Call It Islamic ScienceIndexTables

Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a Pakistani nuclear physicist,mathematician and academic who serves as Distinguished Professor of Physics andMathematics at the Forman Christian College in Lahore.

'A compelling and provocative analysis of the relationship between the scientific spirit and the orthodoxy of one of the great monotheistic religions. Any reader, Muslim or non-Muslim, is bound to be affected by Dr. Hoodbhoy's clear and persuasive arguments.'Edward Said'Perhaps the most important book written and published in Pakistan in recent years.'Irfan Husain, Dawn (Karachi)

• Foreword - Mohammed Abdus SalamPreface1. Islam and Science: Are They Compatible?2. Science: Its Nature and Origins3. The War Between Science and Medieval Christianity4. The State of Science in Islamic Countries Today5. Three Muslim Responses to Underdevelopment6. Bucaille, Nasr and Sardar: Three Exponents of Islamic Science7. Can There Be An Islamic Science?8. The Rise of Muslim Science9. Religious Orthodoxy Confronts Muslim Science10. Five Great 'Heretics'11. Why Didn't the Scientific Revolution Happen in Islam?12. Some Thoughts for the FutureAppendix: They Call It Islamic ScienceIndexTables