Islamic Women in Science A thousand years ago, the Muslim World made remarkable contributions to science. Muslims introduced new methods of experiment, observation, and measurement. To name but a few: Al-Khwarizmi (born in 825 A.D.) invented algebra (an Arabic word) and the word algorithm is derived from his name; Ibn al-Haytham (born in 1039 A.D.) wrote the laws of the reflection and refraction of light and expounded the principles of inertia (long before Isaac Newton …showed first 75 words of 1504 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1504 total…Women in Science (TWOWS). includes Muslim women scientists from Nigeria, Jordan, Kuwait, and Egypt. There has been progress in the education of women from Muslim countries in science and technology but there is still a long way to go. In the words of Kofi Annan, as he launched a U.N. global initiative earlier this year to educate girls, "Let us prove that a society which empowers its women is a society sure to succeed."