Ali Abdullah Al-Daffa
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Born | علي بن عبدالله الدفـّاع 1943 (1362 H) East Texas State University, Vanderbilt University |
Ali Abdullah Al-Daffa (
, and expert on the history of science and Islam.He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from
Upon receiving his PhD, Al-Daffa joined King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 1972 as an assistant professor. Five years later, in 1977, he was promoted to associate professor. He also served as Chairman of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, at the same university, from 1974 to 1977, and then as Dean of the College of Sciences from 1977 to 1984. In 1980, he was promoted to Full Professor, the highest academic rank in Saudi Arabia.
A visiting professor at King Saud University, Riyadh (1979–1982), and at Harvard University, USA (1983), Al-Daffa was twice elected President of the Union of Arab Mathematicians and Physicists (1979–1981 and 1986–1988). Prof. Daffa is/was member of the following organizations: the Committee of the Islamic Civilization Encyclopedia, the Royal Academy of Islamic Civilization Research, Jordan; the Academy of the Arabic Language, Jordan (honorary); the Scientific Council of the Islamic Foundation for Science, Technology and Development (IFSTAD), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; the Board of King Faisal Center for Islamic Studies and Research, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia); and the Arab Scientific Society, Baghdad, Iraq. [citation needed]
He is the author of 36 books on mathematics and the history of sciences (32 in Arabic, 4 in English) and more than 250 articles in international and Saudi magazines. One of his better known books in English is The Muslim Contribution to Mathematics (
Al-Daffa’ is a Founding Fellow of the "Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS)" (1986).
References
- ^ Prof. Ali Abdullah Al-Daffa' Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ Amazon.com, Particulars of The Muslim Contribution to Mathematics. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ^ Amazon.com, Particulars of Routledge reissue of The Muslim Contribution to Mathematics. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ^ Haroon Siddiqui, "Saudis work to define themselves". Toronto Star, February 8, 2001: A26.