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THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ON ARABIC-ISLAMIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
P r e s e n t a t i o n
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UNESCO-WICS-ALECSO
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(Since wars begin in the minds of men, it
is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed;
Ignorance of each other's ways and lives has been a common cause, throughout
the history of mankind, of that suspicion and mistrust between the peoples
of the world through which their differences have all too often broken
into war)....
Constitution of UNESCO
It
is within the objective of building a lasting culture of peace that
UNESCO, ISESCO, ALECSO and WICS have decided to organize this Exhibition.
Main contributors
United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization - UNESCO
Islamic
Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization - ISESCO
Arab
League Educational, Cultural & Scientific Organization - ALECSO
World
Islamic Call Society - WICS
The
Institute of Arabic-Islamic Science, Frankfurt Germany
Le
Palais de la Decouverte, Paris
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Islamic civilization was
an important link in the cultural and scientific history of the western
old world. From the ninth century AD and until the end of the fifteenth,
Islamic civilization was leading in all fields of science, technology
and medicine.
The transfer of Arabic-Islamic sciences
to the West through various channels paved the way to the Renaissance
and the Scientific Revolution in Europe. |
The general public
in the West is unaware of the important
contributions of
Islamic civilization to the heritage of the West and of mankind.
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One of the objectives of the Exhibition
is to bridge this gap in knowledge and to present in an effective and visual manner the major achievements of civilization.
The
exhibition will be the occasion to stress the spirit of tolerance, which
characterized that period.
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We
owe a special acknowledgement to Dr. Fuat SEZGIN, Director of the Institute
of Arabic-Islamic Sciences, without whom the organization of this Exhibition
would have been impossible.
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The exhibition will be divided into different
departments and sections:
The Exact and Natural Sciences
(Astronomy, Mathematics, Optics, physics, etc..)
Applied Science Technology
Architecture and Civil Engineering, Alchemy and Chemical Technology, Glass,
and Pottery, Mining and Metallurgy, Agricultural Technology, Navigation,
etc
The Life and Medical Sciences |
THE EXHIBITS
The
Exhibits for the first site Paris, will consist exclusively from the
extraordinary collection of the Institute of Arabic-Islamic Science,
Frankfurt, Germany of Prof. Fuat Sezgin
The
collection has original instruments, Exact replicas, Models and reproductions
based on descriptions from the manuscripts, working models. Some will
be interactive.
Scale
models of larger installations or of lines of production.Illustrated billboards and maps.
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THE LOCATION
The Exhibition is planned as an itinerant one. The Institute of History
of Arabic-Islamic Science In Frankfurt, organized a first Exhibition
in Istanbul Turkey in June 2004 and in Frankfurt in October 2004. An
important Exhibition was then organized by the Institut du Monde Arabe
and UNESCO during the period of October 2005 to March 2006. |
OTHER EVENTS
During the five months of the Exhibition, two major symposia were organized at UNERSCO HQ. One on the issue of
introducing the teaching of History of Sciences at the University level.
The Second was organized as a closing event. The programme of the event
included presentations by a number historians of Science. The Malaysian
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation attended the ceremony.
Exhibition of books and periodicals related to
the history of Islamic science, in all languages, will be organized. |
The next meeting will take place in Malaysia
in December 2006. |
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