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Shaikh Mohammad Razaullah Ansari is a historian of science, physicist, astronomer and author from India.

Biography

Shaikh Mohammad Razaullah Ansari (born 1935) was born in Delhi in a reputed family of scholars. He did MSc and PhD from Aligarh Muslim University and also DSc from Germany. He is a retired professor and is a well known historian of science, both nationally and internationally.

Works and achievements

His works are extant in the field of Planet, Venus, Transit of Venus , Sun, Astronomy in medieval Islam and Indian astronomy where he is well cited[1]

He was awarded Humbolt Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to work in Germany

Books

He contributed many chapters on history of science in many books, but here are some of his books based on Zij, Avempace, Qotb al-Din Shirazi that he edited:

  1. History of oriental astronomy: proceedings of the joint discussion-17 at the 23rd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, organised by the Commission 41 (History of Astronomy), held in Kyoto, August 25–26, 1997, Springer, ISBN 1402006578
  2. History of oriental astronomy, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 1-4020-0657-8, Netherlands
  3. Quasi-binomial Representations of Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients, Fortschritte der Physik 1967; Volume 14, Issue 12, pages 729-751[2]
  4. History of Science in Medieval India, Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli - Jayyad Press, India[3]
  5. Science and technology in the Islamic world with a proceedings, 2002 by Brepols in Turnhout, Belgium[4]

Association with learned bodies

  1. Founder Secretary-general, Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences
  2. Founder Editor, ‘Studies in History of Medicine and Science’ (ISSN 0970-5562), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
  3. Member secretary, Indian Committee of International Union for History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS)
  4. First Vice-President, Council of the International Union for History and Philosophy of Science
  5. Board Members Affiliates, The Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI)[5]
  6. Executive Member, Indian National Commission for History of Science
  7. President, International Commission for Astronomy
  8. Elected President, Commission for History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy (CHAMA)
  9. Member, International Congress of History of Science
  10. Member, Indian National Commission for History of Science
  11. Member, International Astronomical Union (IAU) [6]
  12. Member, International Academy of the History of Science[7]
  13. Member, Indian National Science Academy[8]
  14. Member, Commission of Islamic Sciences[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Astronomical Archives in India http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/iaucomm41/meetings/ga2000/as_ansari.html
  2. ^ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prop.19670151203/abstract
  3. ^ http://www.pharosmedia.com/india-books-bookstore/Idarah_i_Adabiyat_i_Delli_Jayyad_Press_books_india.htm
  4. ^ http://openlibrary.org/books/OL3356637M/Science_and_technology_in_the_Islamic_world
  5. ^ http://ismi.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/islamicMS/database/partners.html
  6. ^ http://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/2552/
  7. ^ http://www.aihs-iahs.org/en/node/411
  8. ^ http://www.insaindia.org/comijhs3.htm
  9. ^ http://www.islamsci.org/membership/member-listA-E.htm

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