It may come as a surprise that this opening statement was made by First Lady Michelle Obama (September 26, 2011) on the status of women in STEM1 in the U.S. It is a clear indication that the issue of STEM education, research and employment continues to be a major concern in many countries across the...Read More

Science education27 is currently viewed as inadequate in the developing and developed worlds. This was highlighted at the recent InterAcademy Panel (IAP) Science Education Programme (SEP) Biennial Conference, held in Beijing, China, in October 2014. In the Beijing Declaration issued at the conclusion of the conference, IAP member academies, governments, the private sector and UNESCO...Read More

Science, or more generally knowledge, has always occupied a high place in the Islamic culture. As Muhammad Abdus Salam, the first person from the Islamic World to receive a Nobel Prize in the sciences, often remarked, some 750 verses of the Qur’an (about one sixth of the Holy Book) describe natural phenomena and encourage Muslims...Read More

This book was not written to fulfil any long-held plan to write one. Rather. it was force of circumstance that provoked and almost compelled me to write it. Click here to read more.Read More