Title Space science and the Arab world : astronauts, observatories and mationalism in the Middle East / Jörg Matthias Determann.

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Description	1 online resource.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Library of Modern Middle East studies ; 215
	Library of modern Middle East studies ; 215.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. THE ARAB CONQUEST OF SPACE; Arab world science; Chapters in Arab space exploration; 2. NATIONALISM AND COSMOPOLITANISM; States and stars; Space Arabism; Modern Islamic astronomy; Crossing the cosmos; 3. EAST COAST AND NEAR EAST COLLEGES; Collegiate connections; Eclipse expeditions; Researching astronomy and its Arab history; 4. STARS OF SCIENCE; Hot spots; Geology of the moon; Developing deserts; Koftagate; 5. SPACE PIONEERS; Artificial moons; Multiculturalism in space; One planet.
	Cosmonauts' cosmopolitanism6. THE ARABS' FINAL FRONTIER; Hope; Global networks; Epilogue: Space heritage and the Arab world; Notes; Bibliography.
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Subject	Space sciences -- Middle East.
	Space sciences.
	Middle East.
	Astronomy, Arab.
	SCIENCE -- Essays.
	Astronomy, Arab.
	SCIENCE -- Reference.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Determann, Jörg Matthias. Space science and the Arab world. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, [2018] 9781788310147 1788310144 (OCoLC)996934998
ISBN	9781786723529 (electronic book)
	1786723522 (electronic book)
	9781788310147
	1788310144