The Acquisition of Scientific and Technological Capabilities by Arab Countries

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Abstract
The military threat to the autonomy of the Arab states in the Middle East posed by a technologically advanced Europe in the time of Napoleon became a driving force behind the Arab will to develop science and technology. Today the necessity of economic development provides a powerful stimulus to close the technological gap between the Arab world and the West. A. B. Zahlan is professor of physics at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.