Islam &
Science, Vol. 7
(Summer 2009) No. 1
© 2009 by the Center for Islam and Science
ISSN
1703-7603 (Print); ISSN
1703-7602X (Online)
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Islam & Science
Volume 7
Summer 2009 Number 1
Contents
Shadhrah 13
Why Does Ice Float on
the Surface of Water?
Muzaffar
Iqbal...........................................................................
3
Articles
Context and Reception in
the Muslim World
Muzaffar
Iqbal............................................................................9
Causality in Islamic
Philosophy:
Syamsuddin Arif........................................................................53
Book Reviews
Abu Salif Ahmad Ali al-Adani (tr.):
The Secrets of
Asceticism.............................................................69
Reviewed by Gibril Fouad Haddad
Elsaid M. Badawi
and Muhammad Abdel Haleem:
Arabic-English
Dictionary of Qur’anic Usage..............................71
George Saliba:
Islamic Science and
the Making ofthe European Renaissance.........................................................72
Reviewed by Muzaffar
Iqbal
Basit Kareem Iqbal....................................................................75
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