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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 19, 2018)
