Author: Reza Mansouri

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Dear Bahram, Dear SUTA Board of Directors, Dear attendees of the 8th global SUTA Reunion, First of all please accept my sincere thanks for my selection as this year awardee of the Dr. Amin’s Lifetime Achievement Award given by SUTA. As you may know I have always opposed the bad custom of awarding prizes to scientists by political bodies, although… Continue reading "I have always opposed the bad custom of awarding prizes to scientists by political bodies"

Palazzo della Borsa, Trieste, Italy, 26. June 2009 Reza Mansouri TWAS fellow Sharif University of Technology, Tehran Iran & Iranian National Telescope (INO), project director Abstract Modern concept of science is a social construct on which modern rationality is based. In this region however, science is subordinate to theology, and cultural values are determined by religion. Belief in superiority of… Continue reading "Afghanistan, Pakistan and their geographic context: Development of a regional network of cultural and scientific cooperation"

The North–South divide in economic development is often matched by a North–South divide in science and technology. Governments in the North and the South, as well as international donors, have at last grasped the reality that science and technology are crucial to building a nation’s institutions in areas such as transport, agriculture, health, law and industry. Read more in this… Continue reading "Physics Now"

The statement “Efforts to boost science in the Islamic world need financial commitment from the nations themselves” recently published in an Editorial in Nature is a simple and acceptable phrase. The complexity of the issue, however, is lost in the Editorial. Readers get the impression that the politicians of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) countries responsible for such commitments… Continue reading "Broken Promises or Promises in Vacuum?"